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Ormond
Lee
Cox

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Hampton

, 

Virginia

Ormond Cox graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Class of 1904. He retired as a U.S. Navy Rear Admiral.

Awards Received

  • Legion of Merit

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Rear Admiral

    Action Date:

    December 1941 – October 15, 1945
    Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 358 (January 1947)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Rear Admiral Ormond Lee Cox, 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 Supervisor of Shipbuilding, U.S. Navy, Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Newport News, Virginia, from the outbreak of hostilities in December 1941 until 15 October 1945.