Lloyd Glynn Barnard

The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to Lloyd Glynn Barnard (0-104527), Lieutenant, U.S. Navy (Reserve), for extraordinary heroism in operations against the enemy while serving as Pilot of a carrier- based Navy Fighter Plane in Fighting Squadron 2 (VF-2), embarked from the U.S.S. HORNET (CV-12), in action against enemy Japanese forces in the Bonin Islands, on 15 June 1944. As the assigned leader of a seven-plane fighter sweep in the vicinity of the Bonin Islands, Lieutenant Barnard distinguished himself for his leadership and personal valor in attacks upon a superior number of enemy planes. Despite adverse odds, he repeatedly led attacks and in a short period of time his flight destroyed seventeen single-engine enemy fighter planes of which he personally accounted for five. His courage and skill were at all times in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service.

Commander, Fast Carrier Task Force, Pacific: Serial 0438 (August 20, 1944)