(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Captain Daniel J. Wagner, 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 Commanding Officer of the U.S.S. ELLIOT (DD-146), and Commander of a Task Group, from February 1942 to January 1943, and as Executive Officer of the U.S.S. TENNESSEE (BB-43), from 23 April 1945 to 2 September 1945.