EARL PRESTON "BUDDY" YATES

Deceased 09/13/2021

Rate/Rank
RADM

Service Branch

USN 6/1943 - 7/1974

Speciality

NAVAL AVIATOR

Born
12/23/1923
NORTH CAROLINA

SIGNIFICANT DUTY STATIONS

USS DYSON DD-572 * CO, FIGHTER SQUADRON 41

CO, HEAVY ATTACK SQUADRON VAH-9 * AIDE, SECRETARY OF THE NAVY

SSTAFF, BUREAU OF AERONAUTICS * FIGHTER-BOMBER SQUADRON 82

COMMANDER, CARRIER AIR GROUP 8, USS FORRESTAL CVA-59

CO, USS RALEIGH LPD-1 * CO, NAS WHIDBEY ISLAND, WA

STAFF, COMMANDER IN CHIEF PACIFIC * CO, USS JOHN F. KENNEDY CVA-67 - PLANK OWNER

SIGNIFICANT AWARDS

LEGION OF MERIT * MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDAL

AMERICAN DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL * AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL

ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL * WORLD WAR II VICTORY MEDAL

NATIONAL DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL