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  USS HENRY B. WILSON  (DDG -7)

10/23/2025 13:13 Last Up Date

Awards / Ribbons over the years

 Combat Action Ribbon

 Navy Unit Commendation 

 Meritorious Unit Commendation 

 Battle Efficiency “E” 

 National Defense Service

  Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal 

 Vietnam Service Medal 

  Humanitarian Service Medal 

  Vietnam Campaign Medal

At the moment of the breaking of her commissioning pennant, the USS H. B. Wilson DDG-7
became the responsibility of Captain L. D. Caney (ret) who, together with the ships company,
then had the duty of making and keeping her constantly ready for any service
demanded by our Country in peace or war.

Commissioned 17 December 1960

Boston Naval Shipyard, Boston Massachusetts

SUBSEQUENT COMMANDING OFFICERS OF THE
USS HENRY B. WILSON DDG-7 

2^nd Commander D. C. Redgrave
3^rd Commander W. C. Harris
4^th Commander E. L. West
5^th Commander Edward M. Cocke
6^th Commander Eugene I. Finke
7^th Commander Henry C. Mustin
8^th Commander Charles G. Farnham
9^th Commander Robert L. Jensen
10^th Commander J. Michael Rodgers
11^th Commander R. T. S. Keith, Jr.
12^th Commander Eugene S. Dvornick
13^th Commander William J. Hill
14^th Commander C. van der Schroef
15^th Commander John T. Gilmartin
16^th Commander Thomas H. Berns
17^th Commander N. Glen Berree
18^th Commander David L. Johnson

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