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Medal of Honor Recipient

Harry Lipscomb

U.S. Navy · Interim 1899 - 1910

MOH-RC-003374Source-based record

The award

Representative medal image: early Navy star design and striped ribbon. Not a portrait or a photograph of this recipient’s own medal.
Navy Medal of HonorRecorded presentation: 1910

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Medal of Honor

September 8, 1910

U.S.S. North Dakota at sea, Philippine Islands

Rank at action
Watertender
Service
U.S. Navy
Conflict
Interim 1899 - 1910
Unit or command
U.S.S. North Dakota
Presentation date
October 4, 1910

The Citation

Sources ↓
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.

Sources & record notes

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

  1. Harry Lipscomb — Congressional Medal of Honor Society recipient profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-09-02

    current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison

Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
Award ID
MOH-AW-003390
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-09-02
Recorded order reference (not verified against the original)
83
Accredited to
Washington, D.C.
Archive transcription SHA-256
b4e16840334ff8b856113324986dd3c64faa9e7ea2733fc77fd8a1b61f56b3e1

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

Current official reference profile confirms identity and core action metadata; exact legacy citation text and checksum are retained; General Order comparison remains pending.