(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Brigadier General Roy Skiles Kelley (ASN: 0-23703), United States Army, was awarded a Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster in lieu of a Second Award of the Legion of Merit for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States as Engineer, North Pacific Division, from 1969 to 1971.
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Awards Received
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Legion of Merit
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Army Distinguished Service Medal
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Legion of Merit
Service:
United States ArmyRank:
Colonel (Corps of Engineers)Division:
Baltimore, MarylandAction Date:
July 1962 – May 1965
Department of the Army, General Orders No. 29 (August 27, 1965)The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, 20 July 1942, takes pleasure in presenting the Legion of Merit to Colonel (Corps of Engineers) Roy Skiles Kelley (ASN: 0-23703), United States Army, for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States as Division Engineer, Baltimore, Maryland, from July 1962 to May 1965.
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Army Distinguished Service Medal
Service:
United States ArmyRank:
Brigadier GeneralDivision:
U.S. Army EuropeAction Date:
July 1965 – January 1969
Department of the Army, General Orders No. 20 (April 7, 1969)The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Army Distinguished Service Medal to Brigadier General Roy Skiles Kelley (ASN: 0-23703), United States Army, for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services to the Government of the United States, in a duty of great responsibility as Engineer, U.S. Army Europe, during the period from July 1965 through January 1969. [This award supersedes award of the Legion of Merit (First Oak Leaf Cluster) awarded to General Kelley for meritorious service during the period July 1965 to January 1969 as announced in General Orders Number 29, Headquarters, United States Army, Europe, APO New York 09403, dated 27 January 1969.]