Navy Federal Credit Union

Awards Received

  • Navy and Marine Corps Medal

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Chief Commissaryman

    Division:

    U.S.S. Chase County (LST-532)

    Action Date:

    March 11, 1967

    All Hands (November 1967)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Chief Commissaryman Richard J. Kehoe, United States Navy, was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal for heroism on 11 March 1967, while serving on board U.S.S. CHASE COUNTY (LST-532), in assisting in the rescue of 29 Japanese survivors of the wrecks of two fishing boats at Bombay Reef in the China Sea.