Navy Federal Credit Union

Awards Received

  • Legion of Merit

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Colonel (Field Artillery)

    Action Date:

    May 1961 – November 1963

    Department of the Army, General Orders No. 52 (December 18, 1963)

    The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, 20 July 1942, takes pleasure in presenting the Legion of Merit to Colonel (Field Artillery) Claude L. Pridgen, United States Army, for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States from May 1961 to November 1963. [This award supersedes award of the Army Commendation Medal (Second Oak Leaf Cluster) for meritorious service as announced in General Orders Number 64, Headquarters, United States Army Combat Developments Command, dated 11 September 1963.]