Pierre N. Charbonnet Jr. | |
Birth Date: | 22 December 1922 |
Birth Place: | San Francisco, California |
Death Place: | Cambridge, Maryland |
Placeofburial: | Arlington National Cemetery |
Allegiance: | United States |
Branch: | United States Navy |
Serviceyears: | 1941–1978 |
Rank: | Vice Admiral |
Commands: | United States Naval Reserve Carrier Division 6 Eighth Naval District Carrier Division 7 Carrier Air Group 8 VF-18A VBF-82 VF-24 |
Battles: | World War II |
Awards: | Navy Distinguished Service Medal Legion of Merit (4) Distinguished Flying Cross (3) Air Medal (7) |
Pierre Numa Charbonnet Jr. (December 22, 1922 - November 24, 2005) was a vice admiral in the United States Navy. A 1941 graduate of the United States Naval Academy, he was Chief of the United States Naval Reserve from August 1974 until September 1978. From 1971 until 1974, then a rear admiral, he served as Commander Fleet Air Mediterranean for the United States Sixth Fleet. His awards included the Navy Distinguished Service Medal, Legion of Merit, Distinguished Flying Cross and Air Medal. He retired on September 1, 1978. Charbonnet died in 2005 and is buried at Arlington National Cemetery.[1]