JOHN KINGSMAN BELING

Rate/Rank
RADM

Service Branch

USN 6/1941 - 8/1973

Born
10/29/1919
NEW YORK, NY

DECEASED, NOVEMBER 5, 2010

SIGNIFICANT DUTY STATIONS

CO, USS FORRESTAL CV-59 - GULF OF TONKIN

COMMANDER, ICELAND DEFENSE FORCE, NATO

CO, THREE ATTACK SQUADRONS

CO, USS ALSTEDE AF-48

BOMBING SQUADRON ONE, PACIFIC FLEET, USS YORKTOWN CV-5

OFFICE OF NAVAL RESEARCH, LONDON, ENGLAND

LAWRENCE LIVERMORE LABORATORY, CA

AIR DEVELOPMENT SQUADRON FIVE, MOJAVE DESERT

OFFICE OF CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATION - TWO TOURS

SIGNIFICANT AWARDS

DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS

LEGION OF MERIT

PURPLE HEART

AIR MEDAL W/2 GOLD STARS

NAVY PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION

COMMANDERS CROSS W/STAR OF THE ORDER OF ICELANDIC FALCON

AMERICAN DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL

AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL

ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL

WORLD WAR II VICTORY MEDAL

NATIONAL DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL