Navy Federal Credit Union

Recipients

  • Mark Donald

    Mark Donald

    Mark Donald enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps before transferring to the Navy to train as a Corpsman. He subsequently completed Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL (BUD/S)…

  • Rafael Peralta

    Rafael Peralta

    Rafael Peralta was born in Mexico and entered the United States illegally to attend school in San Diego, in order to avoid gang violence in…

  • Willie Copeland

    Willie Copeland

    The wounded officer Willie Copeland used his body as a shield to protect was his Commanding Officer, Captain Brent Morel. Captain Morel subsequently died of…

  • Eric Moser

    Eric Moser

  • Jarion Halbisengibbs

    Jarion Halbisengibbs

    Jarion Halbisengibbs is an avid martial artist, and earned his 1st degree Black Belt in the International Tae Kwon Do Federation in August 2002.

  • Erik Oropeza

    Erik Oropeza

  • Daniel Briggs

    Daniel Briggs

  • Charles DeBellevue

    Charles DeBellevue

    Charles DeBellevue received his commission through the Air Force ROTC program at the University of Southwestern Louisiana in 1968. During the Vietnam War he became…

  • Thomas Dayton

    Thomas Dayton

    Thomas Dayton graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Class of 1957. He retired in 1982 as a U.S. Air Force Colonel.

  • Lawrence Holland

    Lawrence Holland

    Lawrence Holland was commissioned through the Air Force ROTC program at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Listed as Missing in Action after being hit by…

  • Jason Cunningham

    Jason Cunningham

    Jason Cunningham initially enlisted in the U.S. Navy, serving as an Aviation Boatswain’s Mate in Naples, Italy from 1995 to 1998. He subsequently enlisted in…

  • Fred Shannon

    Fred Shannon

    Over a span of eight days in May 1967, including back-to-back missions on May 12 and 13, Fred Shannon earned three Silver Stars. Two months…