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Joseph
Augustine
Murphy

Joseph Murphy graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Class of 1909.

Awards Received

  • Legion of Merit

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Captain

    Action Date:

    March 1, 1942
    Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 356 (November 1946)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Captain Joseph Augustine Murphy, United States Navy, was awarded the Legion of Merit (Posthumously) for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States as Naval Observer at Sandakan, British North Borneo, and the Netherlands East Indies, on 1 March 1942.

  • Navy Cross

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Captain

    Division:

    Bureau of Medicine and Surgery

    Action Date:

    World War I

    The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to Captain Joseph Augustine Murphy, United States Navy, for distinguished service in the line of his profession as Assistant to the Chief, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery during World War I.