Alan Shepard:ALMA_MATER:"NWC, M.A. 1957"####Alan Shepard:WAS_A_CREW_MEMBER_OF:Apollo 14####Distinguished Service Medal (United States Navy):HIGHER:Department of Commerce Gold Medal####Alan Shepard:DEATH_PLACE:California####Alan Shepard:BIRTH_PLACE:New Hampshire####Alan Shepard:AWARD:Distinguished Service Medal (United States Navy)
Apollo 14 crew member Alan Shepard was born in New Hampshire and died in California. He graduated with an M.A. from NWC in 1957. The United States Navy awarded Shepard the Distinguished Service Medal. The precedence of the Navy's Distinguished Service Medal is above that of the Department of Commerce Gold Medal.