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Whiting, Kenneth

Date of birth:
July 22nd, 1881 (Stockbridge/Massachusetts, United States)
Date of death:
April 24th, 1943 (Bethesda/Maryland, United States)
Nationality:
American (1776 - present, Republic)

Biography

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Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Rank:
Commander
Unit:
Naval Air Station Killingholme, Naval Air Stations, U.S. Navy
Awarded on:
1918
"For exceptionally meritorious service in a duty of great responsibility as Commanding Officer of the first U.S. Aeronautical Detachment to reach France, and later in Command of the important U.S. Naval Air Station at Killingholme, England, during World War I."
Navy Cross
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Captain
American Campaign Medal

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