JAMES  BOND  STOCKDALE

Rate/Rank
VADM
Service Branch
USN 6/1943 - 9/1979
Born
12/23/1923
ABINGDON, IL
ONLY 3-STAR ADMIRAL TO WEAR BOTH AVIATOR WINGS & MEDAL OF HONOR
USS STOCKDALE DD-106 COMMISSIONED APRIL 18, 2009
DECEASED 07/05/2005
SIGNIFICANT DUTY STATIONS
PRESIDENT, NAVAL WAR COLLEGE, NEWPORT, RI * OFFICE OF CNO, WASHINGTON, DC
COMASWWINGSPAC, SAN DIEGO,CA * PRISONER OF WAR - HOA LO PRISON, HANOI, NORTH VIETNAM
COMCVW16 * XO & CO FIGHTER SQUADRON 51 * FIGHTER SQUADRONS 24 & 211
NAS PENSACOLA, FL * NAS CORPUS CHRISTI, TX * XO, USS DEMING PCS-1392
USS CHARLES H. ROAN DD-853 * NAS JACKSONVILLE, FL * USNA CLASS OF 1947
SIGNIFICANT AWARDS
MEDAL OF HONOR 
NAVY DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL (3) 
SILVER STAR MEDAL (4) 
LEGION OF MERIT W/COMBAT 'V' 
DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS (2) 
BRONZE STAR (2) WITH COMBAT 'V' 
AIR MEDAL W/SILVER STAR & 4 GOLD STARS 
PURPLE HEART (2) 
COMBAT ACTION MEDAL 
PRISONER OF WAR MEDAL 
VIETNAM SERVICE MEDAL W/3 SILVER STARS * ADD'L AWARDS IN SERVICE MEMORIES 
REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM CAMPAIGN MEDAL