Navy Federal Credit Union

Awards Received

  • Navy and Marine Corps Medal

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Pharmacist’s Mate Second Class

    Regiment:

    21st Marines

    Division:

    3d Marine Division

    Action Date:

    July 21 – 22, 1944

    Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 385 (March 1949)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Pharmacist’s Mate Second Class Alexander Carl Challis, United States Navy, was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal for heroic conduct while serving as a Hospital Corpsman attached to the Twenty-First Marines, THIRD Marine Division, at Guam, on 21 to 22 July 1944. Pharmacist’s Mate Second Class Challis, while under intense machinegun and mortar fire, boldly moved up and down the line to care for and assist in evacuating the wounded.