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Contact Info
Home Town Westerly, Rhode Island
Last Address Baltimore, Maryland
Date of Passing Mar 06, 1939
Location of Interment Riverbend Cemetery - Westerly, Rhode Island
HQ Address
c/o Civil War Museum of Philadelphia 2301 Market Street, MS N1-1 Philadelphia, PA 19103).
Last Updated: Jun 25, 2021
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THE NEW YORK COMMANDERY NAVAL AND MILITARY ORDER Spanish-American War To date of July 1, 1908
DUNN, HERBERT OMAR (No. 241, New York Commandery). Commander United States Navy. Services : Watch and Division Officer USS Terror during the month of April, 1898, blockading Cardenas, Cuba; captured the Spanish steamers Guido and Bolivar, and the Spanish sailing vessels Tres Hermanos, Lorenzo, Mascotta and Carlos Rosas; May 4, joined Admiral Sampson in his expedition to Porto Rico; May 12, engaged the forts at San Juan, P. R., for three hours; returned to the coast of Cuba, and during May and June engaged in blockading Havana and defending Key West; Guantanamo Bay, July 17, 1898; July and August, assisting the army at Ponce, Guanica and Porto Rico; from April 2, 1900, to March 4, 1901, Navigating Officer of the USS Buffalo; Lieutenant Commander, July I, 1900.
