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BOYINGTON-GREGORY

GREGORY  'PAPPY' BOYINGTON

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
SERVICE MEMORIES