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Medal of Honor Recipient

Carlton Barmore Hutchins

U.S. Navy · Interim 1920 - 1940

MOH-RC-001340Source-based record

The award

Representative medal image: Navy star design with the 1913 blue ribbon. Not a portrait or a photograph of this recipient’s own medal.
Navy Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1938

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Medal of Honor

February 2, 1938

off California Coast, California, USA

Rank at action
Lieutenant
Service
U.S. Navy
Conflict
Interim 1920 - 1940
Unit or command
U.S. Navy Seaplane PBY-2 No. 0463 (11-P-3)

The Citation

Sources ↓
For extraordinary heroism as the pilot of the U.S. Navy Seaplane PBY-2 No. 0463 (11-P-3) while engaged in tactical exercises with the U.S. Fleet on 2 February 1938. Although his plane was badly damaged, Lt. Hutchins remained at the controls endeavoring to bring the damaged plane to a safe landing and to afford an opportunity for his crew to escape by parachutes. His cool, calculated conduct contributed principally to the saving of the lives of all who survived. His conduct on this occasion was above and beyond the call of duty.
Separately preserved current-source wording

Captured from the linked current recipient source; it is not a new comparison with an original General Order.

For extraordinary heroism as the pilot of the U.S. Navy seaplane PBY-2 No.0463 (11-P-3) while engaged in tactical exercises with the U.S. Fleet on 2 February 1938. Although his plane was badly damaged, Lt. Hutchins remained at the controls endeavoring to bring the damaged plane to a safe landing and to afford an opportunity for his crew to escape by parachutes. His cool, calculated conduct contributed principally to the saving of the lives of all who survived.

Sources & record notes

General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.

  1. Carlton Barmore Hutchins — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-28

    current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison

Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
Award ID
MOH-AW-001348
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-28
Accredited to
New York
Archive transcription SHA-256
726f8509b68726a0878d6b92b22557170e4519affe6155f19cb24d31d4e74c8c

Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.

The current profile supplies the aircraft assignment. Its structured unit writes “No. 0463,” while the citation writes “No.0463”; both exact source forms are retained.

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