JOHN LOUIS "JACK" WIRTH
Rate/Rank
LT Service Branch
USN 9/1934 - 4/1945
Speciality
FIGHTER PILOT Born
04/25/1917NORTH VERNON, IN
FIGHTER PILOT - KILLED IN ACTION, , 04/13/1945 -- ACE WITH 14 AERIAL VICTORIES.
FIGHTER SQUADRON VF-31, USS CABOT CVL-28
PATROL WING 11
NAS SAN DIEGO, CA
PATROL SQUADRON VP-38
USS RANGER CV-4
NAVY CROSS
SILVER STAR (2)
DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS
AIR MEDAL (3)
NAVY PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION
AMERICAN DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL
AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL
ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL
