Navy Federal Credit Union

Awards Received

  • Navy and Marine Corps Medal

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Lieutenant (MC)

    Regiment:

    Carrier Air Group 2

    Division:

    U.S.S. Boxer (CV-21)

    Action Date:

    August 6, 1952

    All Hands (February 1953)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant (MC) James Edward Shropshire, Jr. (NSN: 481165), United States Navy, was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal (Posthumously) for heroism at the risk of life not involving conflict with an armed enemy while serving as Flight Surgeon for Carrier Air Group TWO, attached to U.S.S. BOXER (CV-21), after an explosion and fire aboard that vessel on 6 August 1952.