I recently found this ribbon bar, the guy I got it from said he found it at an estate sale in the Reno Nevada area. Wish I knew who it belonged to, not sure if this is the correct forum and not sure if there is enough to go on but kind of looking for an I.D. Thanks for any help!  Brad

Hmmm....Philippine defender who also earned a Navy and Marine Corps Medal. This is a very unique, if not one-off, combination. 

That's a good sign, I know it may be impossible, but I thought it was unique enough that there may be a possibility

Most likely an officer.    Great ribbon set.  There is a real possibility of being ID’d 

Army PUC also, likely for the Philippine defense

I can try and go through some officers I've researched on the NAMC medal before and help ya out. I don't remember seeing any one that had it that had a navy cross and Phillipines defense medal with a campaign star but I haven't heard of fakers making embroided ones before. It also looks in the correct order too. 

With 4th Marine Regiment in the Philippines WWII, then served in the Korean War?

I thought I might be able to get an I.D. from the guy I purchased it from, but he says he can't find the paperwork he had with it. Its definitely not fake, very well made and I paid $5 for it.   Thanks for the help! 

40 minutes ago, blitz67 said:

I thought I might be able to get an I.D. from the guy I purchased it from, but he says he can't find the paperwork he had with it. Its definitely not fake, very well made and I paid $5 for it.   Thanks for the help! 

 

SWEET!!!! Great score! Finding out whose it is would be icing on the cake. I hope it is eventually ID'ed. 

If it was a local vet, knowing the state might help with your ID. 

All I know is he died in Reno 

Doing a cross reference search on officers who earned the Navy Marine Corps Medal , SS and NC might be a quick way to thin the herd of candidates.  Then of those, who was in the Philippines in 1941?

You're looking for a pre-war Naval officer with similar service to -->> John H. Morrill

 

Most likely he served on the 'small boys' or a submarine.  (i.e. PT Boat, Minesweeper, SS Boat, etc.)  With no China service, he's not someone from the  Yangtze river patrol such as David Nash (who was captured). He may have been evacuated from the PI or escaped after the collapse of Corregidor as Morrill and the crew of the Quail had.  He went on to further naval service in the Pacific Theater (1942-1945) and then Korean war service.

 

With the later Philippines campaign ribbon, I'd say he is USN, not USMC.  Another outside possibility is that he was a Medical Officer.

 

Good chance of tracing the valor awards combination (NC, SS, BS w/V, NMCM),  I'd also be looking at USNA grads circa 1935-1940 who made flag rank in the early 1950's.

I did a search of the Northern NV Veterans Cemetery (near Reno) and only one NC recipient, an aviator with DFC/AM. 

1935 to 1940 year groups would not be making flag rank until the start of the 1960's or, perhaps, the very, very, late 1950's.  One with whom I was closely associated was 1938 and didn't get his boost to flag until 1965.