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Fred
Durrel
Kirtland

Home:

Salina

, 

Kansas

Fred Kirtland graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Class of 1916. He retired as a U.S. Navy Vice Admiral.

Awards Received

  • Legion of Merit

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Captain

    Action Date:

    World War II
    Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 355 (October 1946)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Captain Fred Durrel Kirtland, United States Navy, was awarded the Legion of Merit for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States as Commanding Officer of a United States Navy warship during operations against the Japanese in the Pacific, during World War II.