Navy Federal Credit Union

Awards Received

  • Medal of Honor

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Ordinary Seaman

    Division:

    U.S. Tug Fortune

    Action Date:

    May 7, 1882

    War Department, General Orders No. 326 (October 18, 1884)

    The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Ordinary Seaman Johannes Rouning, United States Navy, for gallant and heroic conduct in jumping overboard from the U.S. Tug Fortune, 7 May 1882, at Hampton Roads, Virginia and rescuing from drowning James Walters, Gunner’s Mate.