SELIGMAN-MORTON
MORTON TINSLAR SELIGMAN
Rate/Rank
CAPT
CAPT
Service Branch
USN 6/1919 - 00/1945
Speciality
NAVAL AVIATOR
Born
07/01/1895
SALT LAKE CITY, UT
DECEASED, JULY 9, 1967
XO, USS LEXINGTON CV-2
CO, USS C-272
NAVY CROSS (2)
AMERICAN DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL
AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL
ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL
WORLD WAR II VICTORY MEDAL
NAVY CROSS (2)
AMERICAN DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL
AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL
ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL
WORLD WAR I VICTORY MEDAL W/MINE SWEEPER CLASP
Morton Tinslar Seligman
Date of birth: July 1, 1895Date of death: 9-Jul-67
Place of Birth: Utah, Salt Lake City
Home of record: Salt Lake City Utah
Morton Seligman graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Class of 1919. He retired as a U.S. Navy Captain.
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 Morton Tinslar Seligman (NSN: 0-34590), United States 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.
Action Date: World War I
Service: Navy
Rank: Lieutenant Junior Grade
Company: Commanding Officer
Division: U.S.S. C-272
Submitted by Doug Bewall RMCM USN Ret