O'HARE-EDWARD
EDWARD HENRY "BUTCH" O'HARE
Deceased
11/26/1943
Rate/Rank
LCDR
LCDR
Service Branch
USN 6/1933 - 11/1943
Speciality
NAVAL AVIATOR
Born
03/13/1914
ST. LOUIS, MO
KILLED IN ACTION - GILBERT ISLANDS, 11/26/1943
O'HARE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, CHICAGO, IL NAMED IN HIS HONOR. -- ACE WITH 12 AERIAL VICTORIES.
O'HARE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, CHICAGO, IL NAMED IN HIS HONOR. -- ACE WITH 12 AERIAL VICTORIES.
COMMANDING OFFICER, FIGHTING SQUADRON VF-3, SOUTH PACIFIC
COMMANDER, AIR GROUP 6
FIGHTING SQUADRON VF-3, USS SARATOGA CV-3
NAVAL AIR STATION, PENSACOLA, FL
USS NEW MEXICO BB-40
MEDAL OF HONOR
NAVY CROSS
DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS (2)
PURPLE HEART
AMERICAN DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL
AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL
ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL
WORLD WAR II VICTORY MEDAL
