- SURNAME
Vial
- FORENAME
Leigh Grant
- UNIT
R.A.A.F. (coastwatcher and intelligence officer)
- RANK
Pilot Officer
- NUMBER
253939
- AWARD
Distinguished Service Cross (US)
- PLACE
Pacific 1943
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
killed - see Roll of Honour
ROLL OF HONOUR:
https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?threads/vial-leigh-grant.18411/CITATION:
Distinguished Service Cross : The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross to Pilot Officer Leigh H. Vial, Royal Australian Air Force, for extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against an armed enemy as a Coast Watcher in action against enemy forces in the Southwest Pacific Area during the period from 15 February 1942 to 13 August 1942. (A complete citation of the actions for which the award to this officer is made cannot be published at this time for reasons of military secrecy.) NOTE: No evidence of a subsequent complete citation is available. Pilot Officer Vial was a Coast Watcher (Project Ferdinand). He manned an outpost in the hills above the Salamua airfield on New Guinea for the period specified in his citation, reporting daily on Japanese aircraft activity.
WEB LINKS:
https://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/17119FINDAGRAVE:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23716178/leigh-grant-vial
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