Henry L. Hulbert

Infobox Military Person
name= Henry Lewis Hulbert
born= Birth date|1867|1|12
died= Death date and age|1918|10|4|1867|1|12
placeofbirth= Kingston upon Hull, England
placeofdeath= KIA at Battle of Blanc Mont Ridge, France
placeofburial= Arlington National Cemetery


caption= Henry Lewis Hulbert, Medal of Honor recipient
nickname=
allegiance=flag|United States of America
branch=
serviceyears= 1898-1918
rank= First Lieutenant
commands=
unit= USS "Philadelphia" 5th Marines
battles= Philippine-American War World War I *Battle of Belleau Wood *Soissons *Battle of Blanc Mont Ridge
awards= Medal of Honor Navy Cross Distinguished Service Cross Purple Heart Croix de guerre
laterwork=

Henry Lewis Hulbert (1867-1918) was a United States Marine who served during the Philippine-American War and World War I. As a private, he was awarded the Medal of Honor for "distinguished conduct in the presence of the enemy at Samoa, Philippine Islands, April 1, 1899".

Hulbert was buried in Arlington National Cemetery Arlington, Virginia.findagrave|7878434 Retrieved on 2008-02-02] His grave can be found in Section 3 Lot 4309.findagrave|7878434 Retrieved on 2008-02-02]

Early years

Henry Lewis Hulbert was born in Kingston-upon-Hull, Yorkshire, England on January 12, 1867. He was the first born into a prosperous family. He attended Felsted School in Essex, and entered the British Colonial Civil Service, with his first appointment in Malaya. While in Malaya, he married Anne Rose Hewitt. A subsequent personal scandal and divorce resulted in Hulbert leaving Malaysia and arriving in the United States.

Military service

At age 31, he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps on March 28, 1898. He completed his boot camp training at Mare Island, California.

Subsequently, he distinguished himself at the Battle of Belleau Wood, Soisson and the Battle of Blanc Mont Ridge, receiving the Distinguished Service Cross. He was killed in action at Blanc Mont Ridge in 1918 and posthumously awarded the Navy Cross.

Philippine-American War

Following boot camp, Hulbert was assigned to the USS "Philadelphia" and was sent to Samoa with a joint British-American expedition during the Philippine-American War. When the landing force was ambushed, Hulbert, though wounded, was able to single-handedly delay the enemy until the landing force could reach a defensible position. For that action, he was awarded the Medal of Honor.

World War I

By the time the United States entered World War I, in 1917, Hulbert had reached the highest enlisted rank of sergeant major and was on the staff of Major General George Barnett, Commandant of the Marine Corps. Soon after the U.S. entered World War I, Hulbert was appointed a marine gunner with the Fifth Regiment.

Battle of Belleau Wood

Hulbert was recognized for multiple acts of bravery during the Battle of Belleau Wood. For one such action, he was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross. He was recommended by General John J. Pershing for immediate commission as a Captain.

oissons and Mont Blanc Ridge

He distinguished himself again at Soisson and was commissioned a second lieutenant and received an immediate promotion to First Lieutenant. He was killed in action at Mont Blanc Ridge in France on October 4, 1918. At the time of his death, his promotion to Captain had been approved by the Secretary of the Navy. He was awarded the Navy Cross posthumously and received the French Croix de Guerre Order of the Army.

Honors

The U.S. Navy destroyer USS "Henry L. Hulbert" (DD-342), named in his honor, was christened on June 28, 1919, and commissioned and put into service in 1920. The destroyer was moored in Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 and brought down a Japanese torpedo bomber. The Hulbert was decommissioned in 1945.

ee also

*List of Medal of Honor recipients

Notes

References

:Marine Corps:DANFS
*cite web|accessdate=
url=http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/hhulbert.htm
title=Henry Lewis Hulbert, First Lieutenant, United States Marine Corps
publisher=ArlingtonCemetery.net
date=October 17, 2007
*cite web|accessdate=2008-02-21
url=http://www.tecom.usmc.mil/HD/Whos_Who/Hulbert_HL.htm
title=Private Henry L. Hulbert, USMC
work=Who's Who in Marine Corps History
publisher=History Division, United States Marine Corps
*cite web|accessdate=2008-02-21
url=http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/h9/hulbert.htm
title=Hulbert
work=Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships
publisher=Naval Historical Center, Department of the Navy
*cite news|accessdate=
author=Bevilacqua, Allan C.
url=http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/hhulbert.htm
title="From Exile to Hero"
format=reprint
work=Marine Corps Gazette
publisher=ArlingtonCemetery.net
*cite web|accessdate=
url=http://www.usmc.mil/moh.nsf/000003c919889c0385255f980058f5b6/000003c919889c0385255fa4005e8803?OpenDocument
title=Pvt Henry L. Hulbert, Medal of Honor, 1899, Samoa (Medal of Honor citation)
work=Marines Awarded the Medal of Honor
publisher=History Division, United States Marine Corps
archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20070222175641/http://www.usmc.mil/moh.nsf/000003c919889c0385255f980058f5b6/000003c919889c0385255fa4005e8803?OpenDocument
archivedate=2007-02-22
*findagrave|7878434 Retrieved on 2008-02-02

External links

*cite web
url=http://www.army.mil/cmh/moh.html
title=Medal of Honor Citations
publisher=U.S. Army Center of Military History

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SHORT DESCRIPTION= United States Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient
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