GARDNER-ALFRED
ALFRED GARDNER
Rate/Rank
LTJG
LTJG
Service Branch
USNR 00/0000 - 00/0000
CDR DIRIGIBLE, NAVAL AIR FORCES, EUROPE
NAVY CROSS
WORLD WAR I VICTORY MEDAL W/AVIATION CLASP
Alfred Gardner
AWARDS AND CITATIONS
Navy Cross
Awarded for actions during the World War I
The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to Lieutenant, Junior Grade Alfred Gardner, United States Navy (Reserve Force), for distinguished service in the line of his profession as Commanding Officer of a dirigible engaged in patrol and convoy flights, in the War Zone, in which operations he did exceptional work, pushing his flights to the limits of physical and material endurance and upon one occasion broke all records for length of flight for her type of ship.
Action Date: World War I
Service: Navy
Rank: Lieutenant Junior Grade
Company: Commander of a Dirigible
Division: Naval Aviation Forces
Submitted by Doug Bewall RMCM USN Ret