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Commanding Officer
USS RAYMOND (DE 341)

^{U.S. Navy photograph}

Lieutenant Commander Aaron F. Beyer, Jr., U.S. Naval Reserve

	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

Short biography of
Captain Aaron Frederick Beyer, Jr., U.S. Naval Reserve

Aaron Frederick Beyer, Jr. was born on  December 1, 1911 in Tyrone, Pennsylvania.

He attended the U.S. Naval Academy at  Annapolis, Maryland and graduated with the Class of 1933.

Served as first Commanding Officer of USS WILEMAN (DE-22), commissioned June 11, 1943 at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California.

Served as first Commanding Officer of USS RAYMOND  (DE 341) at Samar and awarded the Navy Cross and Presidential Unit Citation.

In 1950 he served as Member and Recorder, Board of Decorations and Medals with his legal residence in the 22nd Congressional District of Pennsylvania.

Commander Beyer served as Commanding Officer of USS BRINKLEY BASS (DD-887) from 1950 to 1952 where she operated with  the Seventh Fleet in support of United Nations Forces during the Korean War.

From 1958 to 1959 he served as the Commanding Officer of USS MOUNT KATMAI (AE-16).

He retired as a U.S. Navy Captain in ????

He died in ???? on January 1,  1970.

^{Source:  Robert Jon Cox independent research}

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