Navy Federal Credit Union

Awards Received

  • Navy and Marine Corps Medal

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Captain

    Division:

    U.S.S. Monticello

    Action Date:

    August 29, 1943

    Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 355 (October 1946)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Captain Berwick B. Lanier, United States Navy, was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal for heroic conduct as Executive Officer of the U.S.S. MONTICELLO, in the vicinity of Azores, when a turbine in the generator room exploded on 29 August 1943.