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Stories of American Heroes - Brought to you from the "Home of Heroes" - Pueblo, Colorado |
World War I
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Statistics:
A total of 1,298 Navy Crosses were Awarded to members of the U.S. Navy for heroism or distinguished service during World War I including:
5 Navy Chaplains (One of whom also received the DSC)
61 Navy Corpsmen
120 Naval Aviators
1 Navy Nurse (The first woman to earn the Navy Cross)
17 Navy Cross recipients also received the Distinguished Service Cross
1 Man earned TWO Navy Crosses in World War I
1 WWI Navy Cross recipient earned a Gold Star in Nicaragua
5 WWI recipients earned Gold Stars in World War II
One of these multiple recipients earned TWO in World War II
8 Men who had previously earned Medals of Honor earned the Navy Cross in World War I (Including double MOH recipient John McCloy.)
Name Rank Date of Action Notes: Abbott, Henry L.
Lt. Comm.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Abele, Clarence A.
Capt.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Ackerman, Leon H.
Lt.
World War I
North Sea Mine Clearing
Ackerson, James L.
Comm.
World War I
Administrative Service
Adams, Ashley D.
Lt. (j.g.)
Sept. 6, 1918 & Other Actions
Submarine Action
Agraz, John
Chief GM
Sept. 16, 1917
Submarine Action
Ahlfors, William
Chief BWM
Sept. 27, 1917
Submarine Action
Alderman, Harry B.
Chief Yeoman
Feb. 16, 1918
USS Cleveland Fire
Aldrich, Robert Wesley
Seaman
Apr. 17, 1918
Florence H Explosion
Alexander, James T.
Lt. Comm.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Alford, Thalbert N.
Lt. Comm.
World War I
Convoy Duty
*Alicke, Rudolph
Chief MM
Sept. 30, 1918
USS Ticonderoga Sub Action
Allen, Burrell G.
Comm.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Allen, Ezra G.
Comm.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Allen, Millard E.
Ensign
World War I
Convoy Duty
Allen, William R.
Lt. Comm.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Almour, George W.
Lt.
World War I
Naval Aviation
Almy, Edmund D.
Lt. Comm.
World War I
Administrative Service
Althouse, Adelbert
Capt.
World War I
Administrative Service
Amsden, William F.
Lt. Comm.
Summer, 1917
Cross Hemisphere Convoy
Anderson, Lorain
Lt. Comm.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Anderson, Milton H.
Lt. Comm.
World War I
Administrative Service
Anderson, Niles
Chief MM
World War I
Accident at Sea
Arey, Garrison R.
Lt. (CC)
World War I
North Sea Mine Laying
Armstrong, Eldred B.
Comm.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Arnold, Clarence L.
Capt.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Arnold, Elmer D.
Chief BWM
Mar. 21, 1918
Submarine Action
Asserson, William C.
Capt.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Atwood, George D.
Lt. (j.g.)
World War I
Convoy Duty
Auld, George P.
Comm.
World War I
Administrative Service
*Ausburne, Charles L.
Electrician 1/C
Oct. 17, 1917
ATS Antilles Torpedoed
Aveilhe, Darwin J.
Chief BWM
Mar. 2, 1918
Submarine Action
Avery, Charles E.
Chief GM
Sept. 12, 1917
SS Wilmore Sinking
Aymar, Robert W.
Seaman
Apr. 17, 1918
Florence H Explosion
Babcock, C. J.
Comm.
World War I
Administrative Service
Badger, Oscar Charles
MOH (Vera Cruz)Lt. Comm.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Bagley, James A.
MM 1/C
Nov. 28, 1917
Submarine Action
Bailey, Fred C.
Lt. Comm.
Sept. 5, 1918
USS Mount Vernon Torpedoed
Bakenhus, Reuben C.
Capt. (CEC)
World War I
Administrative Service
Baker, Asher C.
Capt.
World War I
Administrative Service
Baldridge, Harry A.
Comm.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Ball, Ernest B. (DSC)
PM 2/C
Oct. 3 - 10 & Nov. 1 - 11, 1918
Corpsman
Ball, William W.
Lt. (j.g.)
World War I
Convoy Duty
Barber, Wayne
PM 3/C
World War I
Corpsman
Barker, George N.
Lt. Comm.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Barker, Leonard M.
PM 3/C
July 19 & Sept. 15, 1918
Corpsman
Barleon, J. S.
Comm.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Barnes, Guy C.
Lt. Comm.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Barnhart, Edward
Chief GM
World War I
Submarine Action
Barr, Eric Lloyd, Sr.
Lt. Comm.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Barrett, Alfred A.
PM 3/C
Oct. 3 & 4, 1918
Corpsman
Barthalow, Benjamin G.
Comm.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Bartlett, Harold T.
Lt. Comm.
Sept. - Nov., 1918
Naval Aviation
Bartlett, Owen
Comm.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Bassett, Charles C.
Ensign
Sept. - Nov., 1918
Naval Aviation
Bassett, Prentice P.
Comm.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Battle, Charlton E.
Lt. Comm.
Nov. 11, 1918
Administrative Service
Baxter, Thomas
Lt. Comm.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Beach, Charles F.
Lt. (j.g.)
World War I
Naval Aviation
Beach, Edward Latimer, Sr.
Capt.
World War I
Administrative Service
Beary, Donald B.
Lt. Comm.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Beckman, Fred W.
Ensign
World War I
Convoy Duty
Beerman, Thomas James
Chief GM
Oct. 30, 1917
Submarine Action
Beglin, William J.
Seaman
Apr. 17, 1918
Florence H Explosion
Belknap, Charles, Jr.
Comm.
World War I
Administrative Service
Bell, Darl B.
Seaman
Oct. 9, 1918
USS Charlton Hall Fire
Benjamin, Charles G.
Ensign
World War I
Convoy Duty
Benjamin, Henry R.
Ensign
World War I
Naval Aviation
Bennett, Andrew C.
Lt. Comm.
World War I
Submarine Service
Bennett, Ernest L.
Capt.
World War I
Administrative Service
Bennett, Kenneth M.
Capt.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Bennett, Morton L.
HA 1/C
Sept. 15, 1918
Corpsman
Benson, Howard H.
Lt. Comm.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Benson, William E.
Lt.
World War I
North Sea Mine Clearing
Berg, Holger E.
Lt. Comm.
World War I
Submarine Action
Bernstein, Dudley
MM 1/C
July 19 & 29, 1918
Naval Aviation
Berrien, Thomas G.
Lt. Comm.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Berry, Fred T.
Lt. Comm.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Bertholf, Wallace
Comm.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Beswick, Howard A.
Ensign
World War I
Naval Aviation
Betzig, Harry E.
Ensign
World War I
North Sea Mine Clearing
Beuret, John D.
Capt. (CC)
World War I
Administrative Service
Beverley, John M.
Ensign
World War I
Convoy Duty
Bickford, Archie M.
Water Tender
July 1, 1918
USS Covington Torpedoed
Biel, Robert James
Chief GM
Aug. 7 & Sept. 17 & 27, 1917
Submarine Action
Bierer, Bion B.
Capt.
Aug. 1918 - Feb. 1919
North Russia Expedition
Billings, Asa W. K.
Lt. Comm.
World War I
Administrative Service
Billings, Harold G.
Lt. (j.g.)
World War I
Convoy Duty
Bingham, Donald C.
Comm.
World War I
Administrative Service
Blackburn, Charles T.
Lt. Comm.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Blackwood, James D.
Lt. (MC)
May 31, 1918
USS President Lincoln Torpedoed
Blackwood, Norman J.
Capt. (MC)
World War I
Hospital Ships
Blair, William M.
Lt. (j.g.)
World War I
Naval Aviation
Blakely, John R. Y.
Capt.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Blamer, DeWitt
Capt.
World War I
Administrative Service
Blau, Thomas
Lt.
Aug. 8, 1918
USS Westward Ho Rescue
Block, Claude C.
Capt.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Blumenthal, Hugo W.
Ensign
World War I
Convoy Duty
Boetcher, Arthur H.
Lt.
World War I
Administrative Service
Bogert, Edward S.
Capt. (MC)
World War I
Medical Officer
Bohan, John F.
Chief GM
June 10, 1017
Submarine Action
Boness, Paul W.
Ensign
World War I
Convoy Duty
Bonnell, Henry P.
Ensign
World War I
Convoy Duty
Boot, Frank John
Chief Elt
July 19, 1918
USS San Diego Explosion
Booth, Richard H.
Lt.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Borden, John
Lt. Comm.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Borgeson, Oscar
Lt.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Borgman, Henry
Seaman
World War I
Rescue at Sea
Bostwick, Charlie S.
Chief WT
Oct. 9, 1918
USS Shaw Collision
Bostwick, Lucius Allyn
Capt.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Bouchard, John M.
BWM 2/C
Sept. 9, 1918
SS Missanabie Torpedoed
Bousch, Clifford J.
R/Admiral
World War I
Administrative Service
Bowen, John
Chief GM
Feb. 16, 1918
USS Cleveland Fire
Bowman, Alvin Lester
PM 2/C
Nov. 10, 1918
Corpsman
Boyd, David F.
Capt.
World War I
Administrative Service
Bracken, William J.
PM 2/C
Oct. 3 - 10, 1918
Corpsman
Brady, John J. (DSC)
Lt. (j.g.) (Chaplain)
June 6 - 7, 1918
Chaplain
Brandt, William J.
Seaman 2/C
Apr. 17, 1918
Florence H Explosion
Bratton, M. Gans
Chief CM
Oct. 15, 1917
USS Cassin Torpedoed
Breck, Edward
Lt. Comm.
World War I
Administrative Service
Brennan, Richard C.
Lt. Comm.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Bresnaham, Michael J.
Lt.
World War I
North Sea Mine Clearing
Brewer, William C., Jr.
Ensign
World War I
Convoy Duty
Briggs, Theodore C.
Ensign
Oct. 9, 1918
USS Shaw Collision
Brinser, Harry L.
Capt.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Briscoe, Benjamin
Lt. Comm.
World War I
Administrative Service
Bristol, Arthur L.
Comm.
World War I
Administrative Service
Brittain, Carlo B.
R/Admiral
World War I
Administrative Service
Broderick, George F.
Ensign
World War I
North Sea Mine Clearing
Brogden, Ronald (DSC)
PM 3/C
Sept. 15 & Oct. 2 - 3, 1918
Corpsman
Bronson, Amon, Jr.
Capt.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Brotherton, William D.
Capt.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Brown, Henry C.
Engineman 2/C
Apr. 17, 1918
Florence H Explosion
*Brown, Raymond R.
PM 3/C
Oct. 3 - 7, 1918
Corpsman
Brown, Wilson, Jr.
Comm.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Brownell, John A.
Lt. Comm.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Bruckman, Otto F.
Engineman 1/C
Sept. 19, 1918
USS Cuyama Accident
Brumbeloe, Algernon G.
PM 3/C
June 6, 1918
Corpsman
Brunssen, Louis F.
Seaman
Apr. 17, 1918
Florence H Explosion
Bryan, George S.
Comm.
World War I
Administrative Service
Bryan, Henry F.
Capt.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Bryant, Samuel Wood
Comm.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Buchanan, Allen
Comm.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Bulmer, Bayard T.
Comm.
World War I
Administrative Service
Bunkley, Joel W.
Comm.
World War I
French Railway Battery
Burch, William E.
Seaman
May 18, 1918
USS Rockefeller Sinking
Burd, George E.
R/Admiral
World War I
Administrative Service
Burg, Robert A.
Lt. Comm.
World War I
Home Water Patrols
*Burke, Raymond P.
Seaman 2/C
May 18, 1918
USS Rockefeller Sinking
Burnett, Charles
BWM 1/C
Aug. 15, 1918
USS Westbridge Rescue
Burnham, Addison C., Jr.
Lt. (j.g.)
World War I
Naval Aviation
Burns, Francis D.
Comm.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Burns, Frank T.
GM 1/C
Apr. 17, 1918
Florence H Explosion
Burrage, Guy H.
Capt.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Bye, Levi B.
Lt. Comm.
World War I
French Railway Battery
Byrne, John Francis
Gunner
World War I
Convoy Duty
Byrnes, James C., Jr.
Lt. Comm.
July 1, 1918 & Aug. 15, 1918
USS Covington Torpedoed
Callan, John L.
Lt. Comm.
World War I
Naval Aviation
Campanaro, Fred F.
Baker 1/C
World War I
Lifesaving at Sea
Campbell, Edward H.
Capt.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Campbell, Hugh G.
Ensign
World War I
Naval Aviation
Candy, Henry A. T.
Comm.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Cargill, George B.
Seaman 2/C
Apr. 17, 1918
Florence H Explosion
Carhart, Joseph C.
Lt.
World War I
Administrative Service
Carpenter, Dudley Newcomb
Capt.
World War I
Medical Officer
Carpenter, Hobart C.
Engineman 2/C
June - Nov., 1918
Naval Aviation
Carraher, Mortimer B.
Ensign
World War I
North Sea Mine Clearing
Carson, Julian F.
Ensign
Aug. 13, 1918
Naval Aviation
Carter, Andrew F.
Comm.
World War I
Administrative Service
Carter, James F.
Capt.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Carter, James P.
Seaman
Apr. 17, 1918
Florence H Explosion
Cary, Robert Webster
Lt.
Nov. 7, 1918
USS Sampson Incident
Caskey, Gardiner L.
Comm.
World War I
Administrative Service
Castleman, Kenneth G.
Capt.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Caudell, John Henry
Chief BWM
Aug. 15 - 20, 1918
USS Westbridge Rescue
Causey, William I., Jr.
Lt. Comm.
World War I
Administrative Service
Chadwick, Francis L.
Capt.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Chambers, Henry R.
Chief GM
May 12, 1918
Submarine Action
Chambers, Hilary R.
Ensign
Oct. 2, 1918
Convoy Duty
Chambers, Raymond
Water Tender
Sept. 5, 1918
USS Mount Vernon Torpedoed
Chandler, Lloyd H.
Capt.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Chandler, William D., Jr.
Lt. Comm.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Chaplin, Vance D., Jr.
Lt. Comm.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Chase, Howard A.
QM 3/C
Dec. 6, 1917
USS Jacob Jones Sinking
Chasen, William
Chief GM
Nov. 7, 1918
USS Sampson Incident
Chastain, E. Artimas
Chief CM
Nov. 11, 1918
USS Nokomis Accident
Chenault, E. A.
Water Tender
Feb. 21, 1918
Barnegat Accident
Childress, Paul
Seaman 2/C
Apr. 17, 1918
Florence H Explosion
*Childs, Earl W. F.
Lt.
World War I
Submarine Service
Chord, Amos
QM 1/C
Aug. 13, 1918
Naval Aviation
Clark, Frank H.
Capt.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Clark, Joseph A.
Lt. (j.g.)
World War I
North Sea Mine Clearing
Clark, Rensselaer W.
Lt. Comm.
World War I
Administrative Service
Clark, Robert H.
QM
World War I
Naval Aviation
Clark, Sidney P.
Lt.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Clark, William John
Lt.
May 30, 1917
Submarine Action
Clarke, Vincent A., Jr.
Lt.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Claude, Abraham
Comm.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Clement, Emory F.
Lt. Comm.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Coash, Russell F.
QM 1/C
Aug. 13, 1918
Naval Aviation
Cobb, Calvin H.
Lt. Comm.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Cobb, Charles K., Jr.
Lt.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Cobb, Hugh L.
Ensign
World War I
North Sea Mine Clearing
Cobb, Oliver E.
Lt.
Aug. 1918 - Feb. 1919
North Russia Expedition
Coburn, Fred G.
Comm.
World War I
Administrative Service
Cody, James H.
Machinist
Oct. 9, 1918
USS Shaw Collision
Coffey, Mathew
Chief GM
World War I
Convoy Duty
Cogswell, Francis
Lt. Comm.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Cole, Cyrus W.
Capt.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Coleman, Daniel Joseph
Seaman
Nov. 5, 1917
USS Alcedo Sinking
*College, H. H.
Coxswain
World War I
Collier, Francis M.
Lt. Comm.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Coman, Vaughan Kimball
Comm.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Compo, George L.
Ensign
World War I
Naval Aviation
Comstock, Lewis W.
Lt.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Conger, Franklin P.
Lt. Comm.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Connett, William B.
Ensign
World War I
Convoy Duty
Connolly, James T.
Seaman
Oct. 15, 1917
USS Cassin Torpedoed
Connolly, Richard L.
Lt.
Aug. 15 - 20, 1918
USS Westbridge Rescue
Conover, Gardiner
Chief BWM
June 12, 1917
SS Moreni Sub Action
Conroy, J. J.
Coxswain
Apr. 17, 1918
Florence H Explosion
Conroy, Thomas M.
Ensign
World War I
Convoy Duty
Constein, Edward Theodore
Capt.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Conway, John P.
GM 1/C
Oct. 7, 1918
USS Downes Incident
Cook, Frederick L.
Electrician 1/C
World War I
USS Idomenequs Torpedoed
Cook, Harold E.
Capt.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Cook, Norman S.
Ensign
World War I
North Sea Mine Clearing
Cooke, Henry D.
Comm.
Mar. 11 & 16, 1918
Submarine Action
Coon, Marvin L.
Lt.
Apr. 17, 1918
Florence H Explosion
Cooper, George F.
Capt.
World War I
Administrative Service
