Navy Federal Credit Union

Awards Received

  • Navy and Marine Corps Medal

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Seaman Second Class

    Action Date:

    January 8, 1946

    Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 377 (July 1948)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Seaman Second Class Joseph R. DePaul, United States Navy, was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal for heroic conduct in rescuing a small boy who had fallen in the Whangpoo River, at Shang-hi, on 8 January 1946.