Rank:

Captain

Unit:

57th Company, 2nd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division "The Old Breed", U.S. Marine Corps

Awarded on:

July 18th, 1930

"for distinguished service in the line of his profession as commander of a patrol of the 57th Company, Second Battalion, 11th Regiment, operating in the vicinity of Bromoderos, Nicaragua, on 27 February 1928. Captain MacNulty, while on a mission assigned by his Battalion Commander, upon receiving word that a platoon of the 57th Company had been ambushed by a numerically superior force, immediately upon his own initiative proceeded to the scene, made a night march over unknown, most difficult terrain, in a bandit-infested area. Upon arrival at the spot, Captain MacNulty disposed his patrol with such military ability and strategy as to successfully defeat and put to rout the bandit force, thereby saving the lives of the remaining few of the beleaguered patrol, which were at that time greatly outnumbered."

Authority - USMC Comm: 0587-1-3

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Second Lieutenant

Unit:

6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, American Expeditionary Forces (AEF), U.S. Army

"For gallantry in action during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive, France, 30 September to 11 November 1918."

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Lieutenant Colonel

Unit:

USMC Barracks Guam, U.S. Marine Corps

"Lieutenant Colonel William K. MacNulty (MCSN: 0-587), United States Marine Corps, was captured on Guam by the Japanese on 9 December 1941, and was held as a Prisoner of War until returned to U.S. Military control at the end of the war."

Period:

First World War (1914-1918)