The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy and Marine Corps Medal to Lieutenant, Junior Grade Timothy K. Hinchey, Jr., United States Navy, for heroic conduct on the afternoon of 7 October 1962 while serving on board U.S.S. NAVOSOTA (AO-106) at sea approximately 380 miles east of Yokosuka, Japan. After a fellow crewman was washed overboard from the stern cargo deck of NAVASOTA during heavy sea conditions with seven-to-ten-foot waves, Lieutenant, Junior Grade, Hinchey, who was on the bridge as ship’s navigator, sighted the man on the return approach of the ship and, despite the heavily rolling seas, entered the water to attempt a rescue. Although subjected to repeated pounding and immersion as the vessel rolled to port and starboard, he finally managed to secure a line around the injured and nearly exhausted victim, permitting the latter to be lifted to safety.