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
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Home State
California
California
Year of Birth
1918
 
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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

   

  1960-1960, George Washington University
FromYear
1960
ToYear
1960

College
George Washington University

Major
Juris Doctor
   
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Website
http://www.gwu.edu/
   

Last Updated:Jan 19, 2010
   
   
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  • Freeny, Ronald, LCDR, (1966-1978)
  • Kramer, Theodore, CAPT, (1957-1986)
  • McCabe, John, CAPT, (1941-1975)
  • Sather, Arvid, LCDR, (1956-1976)
  29 Also There at This College From Other Sites:
 
  • Barrett, Frederick (Gary Owen 2), COL USA(Ret), (1945 - 1979)
  • Campbell, James (Jim), Cpl, (1958 - 1962)
  • Cheatham, Ernest, Jr., LtGen, (1952 - 1988)
  • Douglas, Richard, Lt Col USAF(Ret), (1963 - 1984)
  • DuBois, Jack (China Jack), SgtMaj USMC(Ret), (1945 - 1972)
  • Fable, Eric, Capt, (1965 - 1968)
  • Lindsay, James, GEN USA(Ret), (1952 - 1990)
  • Richey, Colson, Sgt, (1956 - 1958)
  • Sullivan, R. (Sully), Col, (1944 - 1967)
  • Williams, Karl, Sgt, (1959 - 1966)
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