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Second Nicaraguan Campaign Medal


The following information describes eligibility for the medal and is from the 1953 U.S. Navy Awards Manual: 

(1) To commemorate the services performed by the personnel of the Navy and Marine Corps during the operations in Nicaragua between 27 August 1926 and 02 January 1933, a campaign medal to be known as the "Second Nicaraguan Campaign Medal" will be issued to the officers and enlisted men who participated in those operations.

(2) The award will be made to the officers and enlisted men of the Navy and Marine Corps who served on shore in Nicaragua between the dates mentioned, and to the officers and enlisted men who were attached to and serving on board the vessels mentioned in the following list, between the dates set below each vessel. No officer or enlisted man is entitled to more than one such campaign medal (Navy Department General Order No. 197 of 8 November 1929).

Ashville.........05 Aug 29-12 Aug 29

                 26 Dec 29

                 07 Feb 30-09 Feb 30

                 31 Jan 31-03 Mar 31

                 13 May 31-17 Jun 31

Bainbridge.......26 Apr 27-04 Jun 27

Barker...........l0 Jan 27

                 13 Jan 27-31 Jan 27

Barry............19 Dec 26-30 Dec 26

                 02 Jan 27-09 Jan 27

Borie............09 Jan 27-18 Jan 27

                 24 Jan 27-15 Mar 27

Brooks...........18 Dec 26-21 Dec 26

Cincinnati.......11 Jan 27

                 14 Jan 27-27 Jan 27

Cleveland........12 Dec 26-17 Jan 27

                 21 Jan 27-22 Mar 27

                 28 Mar 27-24 May 27

                 20 May 27-07 Jun 27

                 18 Jun 27-21 Jul 27

                 04 Aug 27-24 Aug 27

                 16 Sep 27-19 Sep 27

                 23 Sep 27-01 Oct 27

                 11 Oct 27-14 Oct 27

                 28 Oct 27-20 Nov 27

                 24 Mar 28-24 Apr 28

                 29 Apr 28

                 15 May 28-14 Jun 28

                 11 Jul 28

                 23 Jul 28-26 Jul 28

                 31 Jul 28-08 Aug 28

                 25 Aug 28-22 Sep 28

                 04 Oct 28-15 Oct 28

                 20 Oct 28

                 03 Nov 28-08 Nov 28

                 19 May 29-21 May 29

                 27 Jun 29-02 Aug 29

Coghlan..........18 Feb 27-21 Mar 27

Denver...........18 Sep 26

                 25 Sep 26-16 Nov 26

                 27 Nov 26-13 Jan 27

                 17 Jan 27-20 Mar 27

                 26 Mar 27-30 May 27

                 02 Jun 27-29 Jun 27

                 15 Jul 27-13 Aug 27

                 24 Aug 27-06 Sep 27

                 29 Dec 27-12 Jan 28

                 21 Jan 28-22 Jan 28

                 29 Jan 28-19 Feb 28

                 05 Mar 28-28 Mar 28

                 09 Apr 28-15 May 28

                 17 Jun 28-22 Jul 28

                 08 Aug 28-12 Aug 28

                 25 Aug 28-28 Aug 28

                 06 Dec 28-14 Dec 28

                 01 Jan 29-04 Jan 29

                 16 Jan 29-21 Jan 29

                 11 Apr 29-14 Apr 29

                 09 Aug 29

                 16 Aug 29-30 Sep 29

                 27 Nov 29-28 Nov 29

                 29 Mar 30-31 May 30

                 22 Apr 30-07 May 30

                 05 Sep 30-10 Oct 30

Detroit..........23 Mar 27-17 Apr 27

Edwards, J.D.....09 Jan 27

                 17 Jan 27-27 Jan 27

                 31 Jan 27-03 Feb 27

                 07 Feb 27-13 Feb 27

Flusser..........24 Apr 27-19 May 27

                 23 May 27-12 Jun 27

Galveston........27 Aug 26-01 Nov 26

                 13 Nov 26-07 Dec 26

                 10 Dec 26-27 Dec 26

                 05 Jan 27-22 Feb 27

Galveston........04 Mar 27-20 Apr 27

                 30 Apr 27-18 Jun 27

                 26 Sep 27-13 Oct 27

                 06 Nov 27-20 Nov 27

                 02 Dec 27-30 Dec 27

                 08 Jan 28-23 Jan 28

                 26 Feb 28-31 Mar 28

                 04 Apr 28-11 Apr 28

                 30 Apr 28

                 15 May 28-18 Jun 28

                 26 Sep 28-19 Oct 28

                 02 Nov 28-15 Nov 28

                 18 Feb 29-19 Feb 29

                 18 Apr 29-19 Apr 29

                 02 Jun 29-27 Jun 29

                 02 Aug 29-04 Aug 29

                 05 Apr 30-22 Apr 30

Gilmor...........25 Sep 26-07 Oct 26

                 11 Oct 26-30 Oct 26

Goff.............15 Jan 27-11 Feb 27

Hatfield.........13 Feb 27-27 Feb 27

                 03 Mar 27-21 Mar 27

Henderson........07 Mar 27-26 Mar 27

Humphreys........21 Nov 26-22 Nov 26

James, Reuben....21 Jan 27-15 Mar 27

Kane.............19 Mar 27-04 Apr 27

                 24 Apr 27

Kidder...........13 Jun 27-27 Jun 27

King.............26 Apr 27-03 May 27

                 07 May 27-09 Jun 27

La Vallette......13 Jun 27-23 Jun 27

Lawrence.........13 Feb 27-11 Mar 27

                 14 Mar 27-21 Mar 27

Litchfield.......23 Jun 27-l0 Jul 27

                 31 Jul 27

Marblehead.......11 Jan 28-29 Jan 28

Marcus...........11 Aug 27-13 Aug 27

McFarland........19 Mar 27-08 Apr 27

                 12 Apr 27-24 Apr 27

Melvin...........25 Jun 27-18 Jul 27

Memphis..........26 Oct 32-08 Nov 32

Mervine..........26 Jun 27

                 09 Jul 27-20 Jul 27

Milwaukee........29 Jan 27-08 Feb 27

                 11 Feb 27-15 Feb 27

                 19 Feb 27-02 May 27

                 02 Jun 27-04 Jun 27

                 09 Jun 27-13 Jun 27

Mullany..........30 Jul 27-13 Aug 27

Osborne..........11 Jan 27-16 Jan 27

Overton..........30 Aug 32-13 Sep 32

Paulding, J.K....01 Nov 26-13 Nov 26

                 16 Nov 26-19 Nov 26

                 19 Mar 27-29 Mar 27

                 03 Apr 27-24 Apr 27

Philip...........31 Jan 32-09 Feb 32

                 08 Apr 32-11 Apr 32

                 30 Apr 32

Preston..........29 Apr 27-10 May 27

                 15 May 27-03 Jun 27

                 07 Jun 27-13 Jun 27

Quail............27 Dec 27-31 Jan 27

                 09 Feb 27-12 Feb 27

Raleigh..........05 Feb 27-23 Mar 27

Reed.............24 Apr 27-22 May 27

                 26 May 27-12 Jun 27

Rochester........21 Jan 27-15 Mar 27

                 12 Jun 27-25 Jun 27

                 16 Jul 27-09 Aug 27

                 31 Aug 26-06 Oct 26

                 15 Oct 26-09 Dec 26

                 22 Dec 26-20 Jan 27

                 27 Jan 27-01 Feb 27

                 21 Jul 27-24 Jul 27

                 02 Aug 27-05 Aug 27

                 lO Oct 27-11 Oct 27

                 06 Nov 27-07 Nov 27

                 07 Jan 28-01 Feb 28

                 16 Feb 28-15 Mar 28

                 24 Mar 28-07 Apr 28

                 28 May 28-31 May 28

                 27 Jun 28-30 Jun 28

                 08 Jul 28-18 Jul 28

                 21 Jul 28-25 Aug 28

                 22 Sep 28-27 Sep 28

                 19 Oct 28-27 Nov 28

                 31 Dec 28-07 Jan 29

                 04 Feb 29-11 Feb 29

                 13 Jul 29-18 Jul 29

                 25 Nov 29-19 Dec 29

                 09 Oct 30-16 Nov 30

                 03 Apr 31-14 Apr 31

Sacramento.......16 Mar 29-27 Mar 29

                 02 Jun 29-04 Jun 29

                 22 Sep 29-24 Sep 29

                 14 Mar 30-24 Mar 30

                 03 Jan 31-31 Jan 31

                 17 Apr 31-13 May 31

                 14 Aug 31-11 Sep 31

Selfridge........18 Jun 27-17 Jul 27

                 23 Jul 27-26 Jul 27

Shirk............02 Jul 27-23 Jul 27

Sloat............25 Jun 27-09 Jul 27

                 22 Jul 27-08 Aug 27

Smith, Robert....12 Jun 27-25 Jun 27

                 16 Jul 27-09 Aug 27

Sturtevant.......19 Sep 32-04 Oct 32

Thompson, Smith..25 Sep 26-30 Sep 26

                 03 Oct 26-01 Nov 26

                 11 Jan 27-16 Jan 27

Tracy............22 Nov 26-18 Dec 26

                 15 Mar 27-26 Apr 27

Trenton..........17 Apr 27-16 May 27

Tulsa............29 Aug 26-28 Sep 26

                 07 Oct 26-08 Oct 26

                 12 Oct 26-16 Oct 26

                 01 Nov 26-14 Dec 26

                 03 Mar 26-30 Apr 26

                 07 May 27-19 Jul 27

                 13 Aug 27-24 Sep 27

                 14 Oct 27-07 Nov 27

                 30 Nov 27-20 Dec 27

                 06 Jan 28-16 Feb 28

                 10 Mar 28

                 14 Jun 28-02 Jul 28

                 07 Jul 28-11 Jul 28

                 21 Jul 28-25 Jul 28

                 07 Aug 28-21 Aug 28

                 31 Aug 28-16 Sep 28

                 28 Sep 28-04 Oct 28

                 18 Nov 28-09 Dec 28

Whipple..........22 Nov 26

                 05 Dec 26-07 Dec 26

                 09 Dec 26-19 Dec 26

                 15 Mar 27-27 Apr 27

Wickes...........30 Jan 32-09 Feb 32

Williamson.......15 Jan 27-29 Jan 27

                 02 Feb 27-18 Feb 27

Wood.............27 Jun 27-16 Jul 27

Yarborough.......12 Jun 27-18 Jun 27

                 08 Jul 27-05 Aug 27

 

Published: Fri Apr 21 16:10:20 EDT 2017