Jordan, Carl, PR3

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Current Service Status
USN Veteran
Current/Last Rank
Petty Officer Third Class
Current/Last Primary NEC
PR-0000-Parachute Rigger
Current/Last Rating/NEC Group
Parachute Rigger
Primary Unit
1951-1952, PR-0000, USS Bon Homme Richard (CVA-31)
Previously Held NEC
AE-0000-Aviation Electrician's Mate
Service Years
1948 - 1952
Other Languages
Spanish
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US Navy Honorable Discharge


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Order of the Arctic Circle (Bluenose) Cold War Veteran


 Military Associations and Other Affiliations
Post 6604, Folsom PostChapter 6Navy Together We Served
  2011, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States (VFW), Post 6604, Folsom Post (Life Member) (Folsom, California) - Chap. Page
  2018, Disabled American Veterans (DAV), Chapter 6 (Life Member) (Sacramento, California) - Chap. Page
  2018, Navy Together We Served



  1951-1952, AE-0000, VA-923

AE-Aviation Electrician's Mate

From Month/Year
- / 1951

To Month/Year
February / 1952

Unit
VA-923 Unit Page

Rank
Petty Officer Third Class

NEC
AE-0000-Aviation Electrician's Mate

Base, Station or City
Not Specified

State/Country
United States
 
 
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 VA-923 Details

VA-923
First VA-125: established as VA-55E in 1946 (Reserve Squadron)
VA-55E redesignated VA-923 in January 1950 (Reserve Squadron)
VA-923 activated on July 20, 1950
VA-923 redesignated VA-125 on February 4, 1953
VA-125 disestablished on April 10, 1958
 
Second VA-125:
established as VA-26 on June 30, 1956
VA-26 redesignated VA-125 on April 11, 1958
VA-125 disestablished on October 1, 1977
AIRCRAFT:
First VA-125:
Douglas AD-3/4/5/6/7 Skyraider (1953-58)
  
Second VA-125:
(year received the aircraft)
Douglas AD-5 (A-1E) Skyraider (1960)
Douglas A4D-1 Skyhawk (1958)
Douglas A4D-2 (A-4B) Skyhawk (1958)
Douglas A4D-2N (A-4C) Skyhawk (1960)
Douglas A-4E Skyhawk (1962)
Douglas A-4F Skyhawk (1968)
Douglas TA-4F Skyhawk (1966)
Ling-Temco-Vought A-7A Corsair II (1969)
Ling-Temco-Vought A-7B Corsair II (1969)
Ling-Temco-Vought A-7C Corsair II (1975)
 
 
DEPLOYMENTS:
First VA-125:
May 1951 - December 1951 with CVG-102 aboard USS Bon Homme Richard (CV 31)
September 1952 - May 1953 with CVG-102 aboard USS Oriskany (CV 34)
March 1954 - October 1954 with CVG-12 aboard USS Boxer (CVA 21)
August 1955 - March 1956 with CVG-12 aboard USS Hancock (CVA 19)
April 1957 - October 1957 with CVG-12 aboard USS Lexington (CVA 16)

Type
Aviation Fixed Wing
 

Parent Unit
Fixed Wing

Strength
Navy Squadron

Created/Owned By
Not Specified
   

Last Updated: Sep 30, 2019
   
   
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4 Members Also There at Same Time
VA-923

Cook, Orville Melvin, LT, (1942-1951) OFF 131X Lieutenant
Bailey, William Coulter, CDR, (1944-1969) OFF 6302 Lieutenant Junior Grade
Hudson, James Alexander, LTJG, (1950-1952) OFF 131X Lieutenant Junior Grade
Savage, James Aloysius, LT, (1942-1951) OFF Lieutenant

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