Recipients of the Navy Cross

Recipients Of The

Navy Cross

(This listing is as complete as we are able to provide from numerous resources, however it is possible that a few recipients may not be listed. You can verify if someone received the Navy Cross from this list, but absence of a name should NOT be construed to definitively negate a veteran's claim to this award.)

Statistical Summary of Navy Cross Awards
Event		USN	USMC	USCG	Army	USAF	Foreign	Civilian	TOTAL
1st Haitian Campaign (1915-16)		--	1	--	--	--	--	--	1
Dominican Campaign (1916-1918)		3	2	--	--	--	--	--	5
Miscellaneous (1916-1917)		--	1	--	--	--	--	--	1
World War I (1917-1918)		1,299	392	36	12	--	100	--	1839
WW	Gillespie Plant Explosion (Oct 4, 1918)	--	--	12	--	--	--	--	12
I	Influenza Epidemic (1918-19)	7	--	--	--	--	--	--	7
Era	Miscellaneous Awards (1917-1918)	1	--	--	--	--	--	--	1
NC Trans-Atlantic Flights (1919)		14	--	1	--	--	--	--	15
2nd Haitian Campaign (1919-1920)		--	9	--	--	--	--	--	9
Miscellaneous Awards (1919-1926)		5	--	--	--	--	--	--	5
Lake Denmark Fire (Jul 10, 1926)		4	16	--	--	--	--	--	20
S-51 Rescue and Salvage (1926)		12	--	--	--	--	--	--	12
Nanking Affair (Mar 21-25, 1927)		4	--	--	--	--	--	--	4
S-4 Rescue and Salvage (1927)		11	--	--	--	--	--	--	11
Submarine Escape Device (1928 - 1931)		8	--	--	--	--	--	--	8
2nd Nicaraguan Campaign (1927-1933)		13	100	--	--	--	--	--	113
Byrd Expeditions (1929 & 1933)		4	4	--	--	--	--	--	8
Miscellaneous (1930-37)		12	2	--	--	--	1	--	15
Yangtze Service (July 1931)		3	--	--	--	--	--	--	3
Panay Incident (Dec. 1937)		23	--	--	1	--	2	--	26
Squalus Rescue (May 1939)		46	--	--	--	--	--	--	46
Other Actions (1939 - 1942)		10	2	--	--	--	--	--	12
World War II		2,889	1,030	6	4	10	19	1	3,959
Korea		41	224	--	3	--	--	--	268
Vietnam		124	363	--	1	--	2	--	490
USS Liberty Incident		2	--	--	--	--	--	--	2
USS Pueblo Incident		--	1	--	--	--	--	--	1
SS Mayaguez		--	1	--	--	--	--	--	1
Grenada		--	1	--	--	--	--	--	1
Just Cause (Panama)		2	--	--	--	--	--	--	2
Desert Storm		--	2	--	--	--	--	--	2
War on Terror		6	17	--	--	--	--	--	23
TOTALS		4,543	2,168	55	21	10	124	1	6,922

Awarded to U.S. and Foreign military personnel and civilians who have displayed extraordinary heroism in one of the following situations:

While engaged in action against an enemy of the United States,
While engaged in military operations involving conflict with a foreign force, or
While serving with a friendly nation engaged in armed conflict against a force in which the United States is not a belligerent party.

The following Navy Crosses have been awarded for action exclusive of or since the Vietnam War.

*USS Liberty Incident*	* Armstrong, Philip M.	LCDR	USN	Jun 8, 1967
*USS Liberty Incident*	* Brown, Francis	QM3	USN	Jun 8, 1967
*USS Pueblo Incident*	Hammond, Robert J.	Sgt	USMC	Jun 23, 1968
*SS Mayaguez Incident*	McDaniel, James V.	2Lt.	USMC	May 15, 1975
Grenada	* Seagle, Jeb	Cpt	USMC	Oct 25, 1983
Just Cause (Panama)	* McFaul, Donald L.	CPO	USN	Dec 20, 1989
Just Cause (Panama)	Casey, Thomas W.	Lt.(j.g.)	USN	Dec., 1989
Desert Storm	Ray, Eddie Stephen	LTC	USMC	Feb 25, 1991
Desert Storm	Kurth, Michael	Col	USMC	Feb 26, 1991

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