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Awards Received

  • Legion of Merit

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Lieutenant [then Lieutenant, Junior Grade]

    Action Date:

    December 8, 1941 to 1945

    Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 357 (December 1946)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant [then Lieutenant, Junior Grade] William L. De Carbonel, 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 leader of guerilla units at Panay and Palawan from 8 December 1941 to recapture of the islands by U.S. Forces in 1945.