Sherman E. Burroughs (United States Navy)

Sherman E. Burroughs, Jr.
Captain Sherman E. Burroughs, Jr.
Born	(1903-02-22)22 February 1903 Manchester, New Hampshire
Died	23 September 1992(1992-09-23) (aged 89) Coronado, California
Allegiance	United States
Service/branch	United States Navy
Years of service	1924–1954
Rank	Rear Admiral
Service number	0-58599
Commands held	Naval Air Station Quonset Point USS Cape Gloucester Naval Ordnance Test Station Carrier Air Wing Three
Battles/wars	World War II: Battle of Midway Guadalcanal campaign Bougainville campaign
Awards	Silver Star (2) Legion of Merit Distinguished Flying Cross

Rear Admiral Sherman E. Burroughs, Jr. (February 22, 1903 – September 23, 1992) was a senior officer in the United States Navy, and the first commander of the Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake originally known as the Naval Ordnance Test Station (NOTS).

Sherman Everett Burroughs, Jr., was born in Manchester, New Hampshire, on February 22, 1903, the son of Sherman Everett Burroughs, Sr., lawyer who served as member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives and later United States Congressman, and his wife Helen Sophie née Phillips.

Burroughs graduated from the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis with the class of 1924, and became a naval aviator in 1926. He served on the aircraft carriers USS Langley and USS Saratoga from 1927 to 1929, and was senior aviator on the light cruiser USS Memphis between 1933 and 1935, and on the ill-fated battleship USS Arizona from 1938 to 1939.

At the time of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, which brought the United States into the Pacific War, Burroughs was serving on the staff of Vice Admiral William F. Halsey, Jr., flying his flag on the USS Enterprise As such, Burroughs participated in the Marshalls-Gilberts raids in February 1942, the raids on Wake Island and Marcus Islands the following month, and the Battle of Midway in June 1942. For his services, he was awarded the Silver Star. He subsequently was awarded a second Silver Star for his services on the staff of Rear Admiral Thomas C. Kinkaid's Task Force 16 at the Battle of the Eastern Solomons in August 1942.