The Navy Cross is awarded to Commander JOEL W. BUNKLEY, U.S. Navy for exceptionally meritorious service in a duty of great responsibility and for valor under fire, in connection with the erection and administration of the 14-inch Naval Railway Battery in France, both in the preliminary stages of preparation at the rear, and later in the actual operation of the guns at the Front in action with the enemy.

Admiral Bunkley joined the Legion of Valor in 1963 and resided in Rhode Island.