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Richard McCullough graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Class of 1904. He retired as a U.S. Navy Rear Admiral.

Awards Received

  • Navy Distinguished Service Medal

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Commander

    Division:

    U.S.S. Lytonia

    Action Date:

    May 8, 1918

    Authority: Navy Book of Distinguished Service (Stringer)

    The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Distinguished Service Medal to Commander Richard Philip McCullough, United States Navy, for exceptionally meritorious service in a duty of great responsibility as Commanding Officer of the U.S.S. LYTONIA, in an attack on 8 May 1918, in company with H.M.S. BASILISK, on an enemy submarine, as a result of which the submarine was destroyed.