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LeRoy
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Awards Received

  • Navy and Marine Corps Medal

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Seaman First Class

    Division:

    U.S.S. LST 473

    Action Date:

    November 7, 1945
    Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 358 (January 1947)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Seaman First Class LeRoy K. Tubbs, United States Navy, was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal for heroic conduct while serving aboard the U.S.S. LST-473 at Legaspi, on 7 November 1945, when a mortar shell dropped into live ammunition.