Wallis Frederick Petersen
Born: October 4, 1901 at Council Bluffs, Iowa
Home Town: Council Bluffs, Iowa
RELATED HEROES STORIES
Navy Cross
World War II
U.S. Navy
The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to Wallis Frederick Petersen, Commander, U.S. Navy, for extraordinary heroism and distinguished service in the line of this profession as Commanding Officer of the Destroyer U.S.S. MUSTIN (DD-413), during the engagement with enemy Japanese forces north of the Santa Cruz Islands on 26 October 1942. His conduct throughout was in keeping with the highest traditions of the Navy of the United States.