Essex Combat Aircrew Inductees
1998
Frederick S Shaffer, ARM1c,VB9
Essex, Lexington, Yorktown
64 Combat Missions
DFC, 7 Air Medals
WWII
*****
Robert John Fordham, ARM1c, VB9
Air Medal, Commendation Ribbon w/Combat V
WWII
*****
Edwin O. Rowell, ARM1c, VB9
Essex 5 campaigns
Air Medal
WWII
*****
Paul Harold Sheehan, ARM1c,VB15
DFC, 2 Air Medals, Purple Heart
47 Combat Missions
WWII, KIA 11/13/44
*****
Charles J. Richardson, ATC, VB83
WWII, Korea
POW
*****
Walter J. Deptula-Drew, AMM2c, VT9
Distinguished Flying Cross, 3 Air Medals
WWII
Above Photo courtesy of his Daughter, Debbie Shaw
*****
Herbert C. Anderson, ARM2c, VT9
Air Medal, Commendation Ribbon
WWII
*****
William Frank Hale, ARM1c, VB9/VB12
Essex, Randolph
2 Air Medals
WWII
*****
Eudora Brockett Wilson, AMMC, VB9
DFC, 2 Air Medals
WWII
*****