BELING-JOHN
JOHN KINGSMAN BELING
Rate/Rank
RADM
RADM
Service Branch
USN 6/1941 - 8/1973
Born
10/29/1919
NEW YORK, NY
DECEASED, NOVEMBER 5, 2010
CO, USS FORRESTAL CV-59 - GULF OF TONKIN
COMMANDER, ICELAND DEFENSE FORCE, NATO
CO, THREE ATTACK SQUADRONS
CO, USS ALSTEDE AF-48
BOMBING SQUADRON ONE, PACIFIC FLEET, USS YORKTOWN CV-5
OFFICE OF NAVAL RESEARCH, LONDON, ENGLAND
LAWRENCE LIVERMORE LABORATORY, CA
AIR DEVELOPMENT SQUADRON FIVE, MOJAVE DESERT
OFFICE OF CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATION - TWO TOURS
DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS
LEGION OF MERIT
PURPLE HEART
AIR MEDAL W/2 GOLD STARS
NAVY PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION
COMMANDERS CROSS W/STAR OF THE ORDER OF ICELANDIC FALCON
AMERICAN DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL
AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL
ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL
WORLD WAR II VICTORY MEDAL
NATIONAL DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL
