词条 | Ted H. Scroggins |
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|name = Ted H. Scroggins |birth_date = 13 September 1918 |death_date = 15 June 1942 |birth_place = Tahlequah, Oklahoma |death_place = Aleutian Islands |image = |caption = |nickname = |allegiance = United States of America |serviceyears = 1939–42 |rank = Aviation Radioman 2nd Class |branch = United States Navy |unit = |battles = |awards = Air Medal }} Ted H. Scroggins was born in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, on 13 September 1918 and enlisted in the United States Navy on 7 December 1939. Aviation Radioman Second Class Scroggins was awarded the Air Medal posthumously for his devotion to duty in the face of adverse weather and persistent enemy antiaircraft fire, during patrol missions and bombing attacks on Japanese ships in Kiska Harbor. He was lost in action on 15 June 1942 on an air mission in the Aleutians. NamesakeIn 1943, the destroyer escort USS Scroggins (DE-799) was named in honor of AR/2c Scroggins, sponsored by his sister, Mrs. Dartha Hardin. See also{{Portal|United States Navy}}References{{DANFS|http://history.navy.mil/danfs/s7/scroggins.htm}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Scroggins, Ted}} 5 : 1918 births|1942 deaths|People from Tahlequah, Oklahoma|United States Navy sailors|Recipients of the Air Medal |
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