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Brinser, Harry Lerch, RADM USN(Ret).
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Contact Info
Home Town Middletown, PA
Last Address New York City, NY
Date of Passing Dec 09, 1945
Location of Interment Arlington National Cemetery (VLM) - Arlington, Virginia
Navy Cross
Awarded for Actions During World War I
Service: Navy
Division: U.S.S. Mercury & U.S.S. Columbia
Citation: The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to Captain Harry Lerch Brinser, United States Navy, for distinguished service in the line of his profession as Commanding Officer of the U.S.S. MERCURY and the U.S.S. COLUMBIA, engaged in the important, exacting and hazardous duty of transporting and escorting troops and supplies to European ports through waters infested with enemy submarines and mines during World War I.
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