Navy Federal Credit Union

Awards Received

  • Navy and Marine Corps Medal

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Captain [then Lieutenant, Junior Grade]

    Action Date:

    January & February 1920

    Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 352 (July 1946)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Captain [then Lieutenant, Junior Grade] Charles D. Williams, Jr., United States Navy, was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal for heroic conduct while attached to Naval Air Station Coco Solo, during the rescue of ship-wrecked civilians; and later, the rescue of three survivors of a balloon crash, in January and February 1920.