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"A sailor credited with saving the lives of watchstanders on board the destroyer Mahan in March will be posthumously awarded one of the Navy’s highest honors.
The Navy will award Master-at-Arms 2nd Class Mark Mayo the Navy and Marine Corps Medal at a ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery, where Mayo will be buried Friday, Naval Station Norfolk, Va., said in a Wednesday news release.
Adm. Mark Ferguson, the Navy’s No. 2 officer, will present the award to Mayo’s family prior to the burial.
Mayo, 24, was shot and killed March 24 by a civilian intruder who disarmed the Mahan’s petty officer of the watch. Mayo was shot four times by Jeffrey Savage after placing himself between the sailor and Savage in order to protect the disarmed watchstander."
"A sailor credited with saving the lives of watchstanders on board the destroyer Mahan in March will be posthumously awarded one of the Navy’s highest honors.
The Navy will award Master-at-Arms 2nd Class Mark Mayo the Navy and Marine Corps Medal at a ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery, where Mayo will be buried Friday, Naval Station Norfolk, Va., said in a Wednesday news release.
Adm. Mark Ferguson, the Navy’s No. 2 officer, will present the award to Mayo’s family prior to the burial.
Mayo, 24, was shot and killed March 24 by a civilian intruder who disarmed the Mahan’s petty officer of the watch. Mayo was shot four times by Jeffrey Savage after placing himself between the sailor and Savage in order to protect the disarmed watchstander."
