from the Navy, Bellinger retired to his home, "Earlhurst" in Covington, Virginia and worked for ten years as President of Craig-Botetourt Electric Corporation. He was then involved in farming and was active in the local retired officer groups until his death. In April 1955, the two-mile long road at Naval Air Station, Norfolk was renamed from East Field Boulevard to Bellinger Boulevard. Bellinger was also a member of the Early Birds of Aviation. Vice admiral Patrick N. L. Bellinger died following a series of heart attacks on May 30, 1962, aged 76 at Clifton Forge, Virginia. He was buried with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia. Bellinger was married twice: his first wife Elsie McKeown died of pneumonia in 1920 and he then married Miriam Benoist (1890–1986), with whom he had four children. In 1981, he was chosen as one of the first twelve pioneer naval aviators to be admitted to the Naval Aviation Hall of Honor at the Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola, Florida. Awards and decorations Here is the ribbon bar of Vice admiral Bellinger: See also Battle of the Atlantic References Coletta, Paolo Enrico. Patrick N.L. Bellinger and U.S. Naval Aviation. Lanham, Maryland: University Press of America, 1987. External links 1885 births 1962 deaths People from Cheraw, South Carolina United States Naval Academy alumni United States Navy vice admirals United States Naval Aviators United States naval attachés American people of Irish descent American aviation record holders Members of the Early Birds of Aviation United States Navy personnel of World War I United States Navy World War II admirals Recipients of the Navy Cross (United States) Recipients of the Navy Distinguished Service Medal Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Officiers of the Légion d'honneur Recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1939–1945 (France) Recipients of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus Burials at Arlington National Cemetery