Kinney, Sheldon Hoard, RADM

Deceased
 
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Last Rank
Rear Admiral Upper Half
Last Primary NEC
111X-Unrestricted Line Officer - Surface Warfare
Last Rating/NEC Group
Line Officer
Primary Unit
1971-1972, Commander, Cruisers Destroyers Pacific (COMCRUDESPAC)
Service Years
1935 - 1972
Rear Admiral Upper Half Rear Admiral Upper Half

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Home State
California
California
 Year of Birth
1918
 
This Military Service Page was created/owned by Kent Weekly (SS/DSV) (DBF), EMCS to remember Kinney, Sheldon Hoard, RADM USN(Ret).

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Contact Info
Last Address
Annapolis, MD
Date of Passing
Dec 11, 2004		  
Location of Interment
U.S. Naval Academy Cemetery and Columbarium (VLM) - Annapolis, Maryland		 Wall/Plot Coordinates
Columbarium 44-1-E

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 Military Associations and Other Affiliations
Destroyer Escort Sailors AssociationNational Cemetery Administration (NCA)
  1970, Destroyer Escort Sailors Association
  2004, National Cemetery Administration (NCA)


 Additional Information
Other Comments:

His brother was killed at Pearl Harbor on the USS Arizona (BB-39) link: Kinney, Gilbert, PO2



He also recieved the following foreign awards:

Order of the Patriotic War, First Class from the U.S.S.R. 
(for perilous convoy protection runs to Murmansk and the northern ports of Russia)
 
Gold Cross of Merit from the Polish Government in Exile
 (for spiriting the treasury of the government in gold bullion across the submarine-infested Atlantic one league ahead of the Nazis from Dakar to New York City for safekeeping.)

Order of Military Merit Ulichi (Korea)
For services provided during command of USS Taylor
   
  1962-1963, USS Mississinewa (AO-144)

Captain

From Month/Year
July / 1962
To Month/Year
July / 1963

Unit
USS Mississinewa (AO-144) Unit Page

Rank
Captain
NEC
Not Specified

Base, Station or City
Not Specified
State/Country
Not Specified
  
 
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 USS Mississinewa (AO-144) Details

USS Mississinewa (AO-144) 		Hull number AO-144

Type
Surface Vessel 		 

Parent Unit
Surface Vessels
Strength
Auxiliary

Created/Owned By
Not Specified
   

Last Updated: Nov 9, 2022
   
   
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17 Members Also There at Same Time
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This Unit Only
USS Mississinewa (AO-144)
Eck, Rick, CWO3, (1952-1976) MM Chief Petty Officer
McDonald, Alvin, SCPO, (1955-1976) PN PN-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Dobson, George, PO3, (1963-1966) Petty Officer - Boatswain's Mate
Barber, John, PO2, (1963-1967) RD RD-0312 Petty Officer Second Class
Masters, Gene, PO2, (1961-1965) IC IC-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Nicander, Arthur Howard, PO2, (1958-1969) RM RM-2304 Petty Officer Second Class
Delorenzo, Don, PO3, (1963-1967) 00 00E Petty Officer Third Class
Dobson, George, PO3, (1963-1966) BM BM-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Hoek, David, PO3, (1961-1966) DT DT-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Nelson, Hugh, PO3, (1960-1966) EM EM-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Owens, Roy, PO3, (1960-1964) BM BM-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Shriver, Noel, PO3, (1960-1964) EN EN-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Tobin, Philip, PO3, (1961-1963) Petty Officer Third Class
Wires, James, PO3, (1959-1966) DT DT-8752 Petty Officer Third Class
FLOYD, JERALD, SA, (1962-1966) BM BM-0000 Seaman
NOURY, DON, SN, (1961-1964) BM BM-0000 Seaman
Sowers, Charles, PO1, (1962-1974) BM BM-0000 Seaman
Armentrout, Allan, PO3, (1960-1964) Fireman

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