EDWARD GEORGE "WENDY" WENDORF

USS LEXINGTON CV-16 1943

Deceased

Rate/Rank
CDR

Service Branch

USN 9/1942 - 1/1966

Speciality

NAVAL AVIATOR

Born
02/22/1922
WEST, TX

NAVY ACE (6 KILLS)

SIGNIFICANT DUTY STATIONS

FIGHTING SQUADRON SIXTEEN VF-16

USS LEXINGTON CV-16

INSTRUCTOR, NAVAL AIR BASIC TRAINING, PENSACOLA

XO, UTILITY SQUADRON THREE VU-3

USS BENNINGTON CV-20

MILITARY AIR TRANSPORT SYSTEM

BUREAU OF AERONAUTICS, WASHINGTON, D.C.

SIGNIFICANT AWARDS

DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS W/2 GOLD STARS NAVY

PURPLE HEART NAVY

AIR MEDAL W/11 STARS NAVY

PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION NAVY

ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL NAVY

AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL NAVY

WORLD WAR II VICTORY MEDAL NAVY

KOREAN SERVICE MEDAL NAVY

VIETNAM SERVICE MEDAL NAVY