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Walter
L.
Jarvis

Home:

Providence

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Rhode Island

Awards Received

  • Navy and Marine Corps Medal

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Boatswain’s Mate Second Class [then Seaman Second Class)

    Division:

    U.S.S. S-17

    Action Date:

    January 1, 1943
    Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 352 (July 1946)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Boatswain’s Mate Second Class [then Seaman Second Class) Walter L. Jarvis, United States Navy, was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal for heroic conduct while attached to the U.S.S. S-17 during a rescue action in Casco Bay, Portland, Maine, on 1 January 1943.