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Awards Received

  • Distinguished Flying Cross

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Lieutenant, Junior Grade

    Batallion:

    Fighting Squadron

    Division:

    U.S.S. Bennington (CV-20)

    Action Date:

    July 28 – August 13, 1945

    Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 366 (August 1947)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant, Junior Grade Charles R. Moxley, Jr., United States Navy, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (Posthumously) for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as Pilot of a Fighter Plane embarked in U.S.S. BENNINGTON (CV-20), in the vicinity of the Japanese home islands, on 28 July 1945, and on 10 and 13 August 1945.