(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Rear Admiral (MC) Walter Welham, United States Navy, was awarded the Legion of Merit for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States as Fleet Medical Officer on the staff of Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet, with additional duty as staff medical officer on the staff of Commander in Chief, Pacific, from 3 October 1964 to 16 September 1966.