US WWII, US Navy Good Conduct Medal, Named, MIA October 1944
This item is listed for historical interest only. It was listed on our site previously but has been sold and is no longer available for purchase.
Sold for: $150.00

Original era manufacture. Standard WWII Navy Good Conduct Medal, named to one Barnarr Augustus Dunson, and dated 1932 with a 1935 clasp. The research on this medal reveals a long service with the US Navy, which resulted in his beingcommissioned a Lieutenant JG after December 7th 1941. His career ended tragically on the early evening of October 8th 1944, when aboard the USS Pensacola en-route to Marcus Island on a fire mission; an enormous wave broke over the top of I-Turret, washing away two officers, including Lt. Dunson, their bodies were never recovered. Normal age and wear