Navy Federal Credit Union

Awards Received

  • Army Distinguished Service Medal

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Brigadier General

    Division:

    Department of Military Relief (American Red Cross)

    Action Date:

    World War I

    War Department, General Orders No. 59 (1921)

    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 Jefferson R. Kean, United States Army, for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services to the Government of the United States, in a duty of great responsibility during World War I. As Chief of the Department of Military Relief, American Red Cross, a position of great responsibility, by his foresight, marked efficiency, and energy General Kean organized the bas hospitals, which cared for many of our wounded, and administered the United States Ambulance Service for duty with the French Army, greatly assisting our ally. He rendered services of conspicuous worth to the United States.