The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, 20 July 1942, takes pride in presenting the Legion of Merit (Posthumously) to Lieutenant Colonel (Medical Administrative Corps) Orion V. Kempf (ASN: 0-17372), United States Army, for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States from December 1941 to May 1942.