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Harry Lipscomb — Victoria Cross

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Service Profile

Branch: U.S. Navy
Rank: Chief warrant officer 2
Medals Recorded: 1

Harry Lipscomb

Chief warrant officer 2, U.S. Navy

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Awards & Decorations

Medal of Honor

Ribbon Rack

Biography

He faced a raging shipboard fire aboard the USS North Dakota

Harry Lipscomb was born on April 2, 1878, in Washington, D.C. He served in the United States Navy as a watertender aboard USS North Dakota.

On September 8, 1910, a fire broke out aboard the battleship. Lipscomb's Medal of Honor citation recognized his extraordinary heroism during the emergency. The award honored distinguished conduct in naval service outside a wartime battle.

President William Howard Taft presented Lipscomb's Medal of Honor on June 13, 1911. Lipscomb attained chief watertender during his career. He died on September 7, 1926, and is buried at Arlington National Cemetery. His award commemorates courage during a dangerous shipboard fire.

Medal of Honor Citation

On board the U.S.S. North Dakota, for extraordinary heroism in the line of his profession during the fire on board that vessel, 8 September 1910.

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