WILLIAM  GARDNER "TED"  WHITE

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1944
Deceased
Rate/Rank
 LTJG
Service Branch
USNR 6/1942 - 9/1944
Born
 02/25/1918
MINNESOTA
KILLED IN ACTION WHEN PLANE SHOT DOWN. PILOT WAS FUTURE PRESIDENT GEORGE H. W..BUSH.
SIGNIFICANT DUTY STATIONS
TORPEDO SQUADRON FIFTH-ONE VT-51
USS SAN JACINTO CVL-30
SIGNIFICANT AWARDS
PURPLE HEART NAVY 
COMBAT ACTION RIBBON NAVY 
AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL NAVY 
ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL NAVY 
WORLD WAR II VICTORY MEDAL NAVY