Group to Commander M.K. Gearhart, US Public Health Service

Group of Four to Max K. Gearhart, US Public Health Service: Public Health Service Commendation Medal (Type 1), engraved on the reverse “Commendation/Max K. Gearhart/1984”; Public Health Service Hazardous Duty Award; Public Health Service Isolated/Hardship Award; Association of Military Surgeons of the United States (AMSUS) membership medal. All bar-mounted for wear.

Commander Max King Gearhart was a registered nurse who served in the Public Health Service from 1969 to 1991. Born in 1934 in Duncansville, Pennsylvania. he died in January 1993. He is buried in Tucson, Arizona.