NASHUA â LTJG Kevin D. Morrissey recently received the United States Coast Guard Achievement Medal for superior performance of duty on the Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit DeepWater Horizon oil spill.
Morrissey played a vital role supervising 193 vessels, 591 civilians and 33 USCG personnel working in five ecologically sensitive divisions of the oil-impacted area of Plaquemines Parish in Louisiana in helping to remove oil from an area that spanned over 600 square miles.
Morrissey, an Ensign at the time, was promoted to Lieutenant Junior Grade in July 2011.
He is a graduate of Nashua High School, Class of 2000. He is the son of Dennis and Sue Morrissey, of Nashua.![]()
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