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Home Town Mounds Illinois
Last Address Ralph Louis Shifley Vice Admiral USN October 26, 1910 - January 5, 1995 Beloved wife: Frances Ellen Norman June 6, 1913 - May 16, 2008 U.S. Naval Academy Cemetery Annapolis
The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to Ralph Louis Shifley, Commander, U.S. Navy, for extraordinary heroism in operations against the enemy while serving as Pilot of a carrier-based Navy Plane in Air Group EIGHT (AG-8), embarked from the U.S.S. BUNKER HILL (CV-17), in action on 20 June 1944, during an attack against the Japanese Fleet in the Marianas Islands during the First Battle of the Philippine Sea. By his airmanship and cool courage in the face of tremendous odds, Commander Shifley contributed materially to the infliction of extensive and costly damage on the Japanese Fleet in this decisive engagement and upheld the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service.
Born: October 26, 1910 at Mounds, Illinois
1970, Naval Order of the United States
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1970
Last Updated: Jun 25, 2021
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Distinguished Members Current and Former Companions of the Naval Order of the United States Vice Admiral Ralph L. Shifley
