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Andrew
Irwin
McKee

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Kentucky

Andrew McKee graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Class of 1917. He retired as a U.S. Navy Rear Admiral.

Awards Received

  • Legion of Merit

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Captain

    Action Date:

    February – September 1945
    Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 355 (October 1946)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Captain Andrew Irwin McKee, 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 Senior Assistant Fleet Maintenance Officer on the staff of Commander Service Force Pacific, from February 1945 until the end of hostilities in September 1945.

  • Legion of Merit

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Commodore [then Captain]

    Action Date:

    December 7, 1941 – January 20, 1945
    Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 354 (September 1946)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Commodore [then Captain] Andrew Irwin McKee, United States Navy, was awarded a Gold Star in lieu of a Second Award of the Legion of Merit for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States while attached to design and construction of submarines, U.S. Navy Ship Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia, from the outbreak of hostilities to 20 January 1945.