Biography of CAPT Walter V.R. Vieweg, USN

Commanding Officer

USS GAMBIER BAY (CVE 73)

CAPT Walter V.R. Vieweg, USN

U.S. Navy photograph

Captain Walter Victor Rudolph (Bowser) Vieweg, U.S. Navy

	Navy Cross
	Combat Action Ribbon
	Presidential Unit Citation
	American Defense Service Medal
	American Campaign Medal
	Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal
	World War II Victory Medal
	National Defense Service Medal
	Philippine Presidential Unit Citation
	Philippine Liberation Medal
Award Criteria

RANK	DATES	DUTY STATION/EVENT
-	1910	Born in
ENS	?
LTJG	?
LT	?
LCDR	?
CDR	?
CAPT	1944	CO, USS GAMBIER BAY (CVE 73)
CAPT	?	CO, Naval Air Station, Chincoteague, Virginia
CAPT	1949 - 1952	CO, Naval Ordnance Test Station, China Lake, CA
?	1953 - 1954	Commander, Fleet Air, Hawaii
RADM	1954	Retired from Service
-	1960	Died

Short biography of
Captain Walter Victor Rudolph Vieweg, U.S. Navy

Walter Victor Rudolph Vieweg was born on ?? 1910 in ?????.

Served as the second Commanding Officer of USS GAMBIER BAY (CVE 73).

Awarded the Navy Cross for his action at Samar.

CO, Naval Air Station, Chincoteague, Virginia.

CO of Naval Ordnance Test Station, China Lake, California from September 23, 1949 to October 31, 1952.

Served as Commander, Fleet Air, Hawaii from 1953 to 1954.

Retired as Rear Admiral in 1954.

Rear Admiral Vieweg died in 1960.

Source: USS Gambier Bay (CVE 73) and Composite Squadron VC-10 Association, Arlington National Cemetery website, and Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships

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