Date of birth:

July 1st, 1895 (Salt Lake City/Utah, United States)

Date of death:

July 9th, 1967 (Naval Hospital Balboa-San Diego/California, United States)

Buried on:

Santa Fe National Cemetery
Plot: U. Grave: 409.

Service number:

0-34590

Nationality:

American (1776 - present, Republic)

Morton T. Seligman received his first Navy Cross at the end of the First World War. although he received a second Navy Cross for his part in the Battle of the Coral Sea, he was held responsible for leaking confidential information. Eventually he was forced to retire in 1944.

Promotions:
?: Midshipsman;
?: Lieutenant (junior grade);
December 19th, 1922: Lieutenant;
1933: Lieutenant-Commander;
?: Commander;
?: Captain.

Career:
june 13th, 1914 - 1919: U.S. Naval Academy;
?: Commanding Officer U.S.S. C-272;
?: Observation Plane Squadron 2, U.S.S. Aroostook, Battle Fleet;
?: Naval Air Station, Naval Yard, Pearl Harbor;
?: VF-6B, Aircraft Squads, Battle Fleet, U.S.S. Langley;
?: Plans Division, Bureau Aeronautics, Navy Department, Washington, D C;
1933: Executive Officer VF-1B, U.S.S. Saratoga;
1933 - 1934: Commanding Officer VF-1B, U.S.S. Saratoga;
?: Commanding Officer Carrier Air Group, U.S.S. Ranger;
December 7th, 1941: Executive Officer, U.S.S. Lexington (CV-2);
1944: Retirement.

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Period:

First World War (1914-1918)

Rank:

Lieutenant (junior grade)

Unit:

U.S.S. C-272, U.S. Navy

"For exceptionally meritorious and distinguished service in the line of his profession as Commanding Officer of the U.S.S. C-272, engaged in the important and hazardous duty of sweeping for and removing the mines of the North Sea Barrage during World War I."

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Commander

Unit:

Executive Officer, U.S.S. Lexington (CV-2), U.S. Navy

Awarded on:

June 29th, 1942

• Photo 1: Bill Gonyo
• - Sterner C.D., Recipients of The Navy Cross, 1916 - Present
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