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Awards Received

  • Navy and Marine Corps Medal

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Chief Petty Officer

    Action Date:

    October 1, 1944

    Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 343 (October 1945)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Chief Petty Officer Walter J. Donovan, United States Naval Reserve, was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal for heroic conduct following a plane crash at Sydney, Nova Scotia, on 1 October 1944.