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Edwin Bricker graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Class of 1898. He retired in 1939 as a U.S. Army Brigadier General.

Awards Received

  • Army Distinguished Service Medal

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Colonel (Ordnance Corps)

    Division:

    General Purchasing Board

    Action Date:

    World War I

    War Department, General Orders No. 78 (1919)

    The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Army Distinguished Service Medal to Colonel (Ordnance Corps) Edwin Dyson Bricker, United States Army, for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services to the Government of the United States, in a duty of great responsibility during World War I. As Chief Ordnance Purchasing Officer and later as Ordnance Representative on the General Purchasing Board, Colonel Bricker conducted negotiations with marked success for material needed to supplement the supply from the United States. He worked tirelessly and with unflagging energy to the end that there would be no shortage in supplies sent to the troops at the front. At all times exercising sound judgment and discernment in times of emergency, he achieved marked successes.

  • Silver Star

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Captain (Infantry)

    Action Date:

    Philippine Insurrection

    U.S. Military Academy Register of Graduates

    Captain (Infantry) Edwin Dyson Bricker, United States Army, was cited for gallantry in action during the Philippine Insurrection, 1899 to 1902. (Second Citation)

  • Silver Star

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    First Lieutenant (Infantry)

    Action Date:

    June 22 – July 17, 1898

    U.S. Military Academy Register of Graduates

    First Lieutenant (Infantry) Edwin Dyson Bricker, United States Army, was cited for gallantry in action in the Santiago de Cuba Campaign, 22 June to 17 July 1898. (First Citation)