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Awards Received

  • Navy and Marine Corps Medal

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Seaman First Class

    Division:

    U.S.S. Wisconsin (BB-64)

    Action Date:

    August 1, 1945

    Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 374 (April 1948)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Seaman First Class Claude W. Holden, Jr., United States Navy, was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal for heroic conduct in rescuing a wounded man from a fire on board the U.S.S. WISCONSIN (BB-64), in the Pacific area, on 1 August 1945.