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Wallace
A.
Matteola

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Awards Received

  • Navy and Marine Corps Medal

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Seaman First Class

    Division:

    U.S.S. Howard W. Gilmore

    Action Date:

    August 9, 1945
    Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 348 (March 1946) & 349 (1946)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Seaman First Class Wallace A. Matteola, United States Navy, was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal for heroic conduct during a rescue in Subic Bay, Luzon, Philippine Islands, on 9 August 1945 while attached to the U.S.S. HOWARD W. GILMORE.