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(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Rear Admiral Vance Duncan Chapline, Jr., 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 Director of the Fleet Maintenance Division in the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations from 20 February 1942 to 31 August 1945.

Awards Received

  • Navy Cross

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Lieutenant Commander

    Division:

    U.S.S. Harvard

    Action Date:

    World War I

    The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to Lieutenant Commander Vance Duncan Chapline, Jr., United States Navy, for distinguished service in the line of his profession as Commanding Officer of the U.S.S. HARVARD, engaged in the important, exacting and hazardous duty of transporting and escorting troops and supplies through waters infested with enemy submarines and mines, during World War I.