GREGORY  'PAPPY'  BOYINGTON

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Deceased 01/11/1988
Rate/Rank
 COL
Service Branch
USMCR 6/1935 - 8/1947
Born
 12/04/1912
COEUR D'ALENE, ID
ACE WITH 28 VICTORIES.
SIGNIFICANT DUTY STATIONS
2ND MARINE AIRCRAFT GROUP INSTRUCTOR, NAS PENSACOLA, FL
XO, VMF-121, GUADALCANAL
CO, VMF-214, CENTRAL SOLOMONS - AWARDED MEDAL OF HONOR
SIGNIFICANT AWARDS
MEDAL OF HONOR 
NAVY CROSS 
PURPLE HEART 
NAVY PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION (2) 
PRISIONER OF WAR MEDAL 
AMERICAN DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL 
AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL 
ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL 
WORLD WAR II VICTORY MEDAL