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Harry
Jenkins
Hubbard
1909-12-01

–

1991-02-13

Born:

Devisadero

, 

El Salvador

Home:

Marfa

, 

Texas

Buried: 

West Point

, 

New York

Cemetery:

U.S. Military Academy Post Cemetery

Harry Hubbard graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Class of 1934. He retired in 1958 as a U.S. Army Colonel. In 1990, after many years of research in both the United States and Europe, he published The Genealogy of the Hubbard and Bogel Families of Presidio County, Texas.

Awards Received

  • Silver Star

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Lieutenant Colonel (Field Artillery)

    Batallion:

    325th Field Artillery Battalion

    Division:

    84th Infantry Division

    Action Date:

    World War II
    Headquarters, 84th Infantry Division, General Orders No. 249 (1945)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Lieutenant Colonel (Field Artillery) Harry Jenkins Hubbard, United States Army, for gallantry in action while serving as Commanding Officer of the 325th Field Artillery Battalion, 84th Infantry Division, in action against the enemy in the European Theater of Operations, in 1945. The gallant actions and dedicated devotion to duty demonstrated by Lieutenant Colonel Hubbard, without regard for his own life, were in keeping with the highest traditions of military service and reflect great credit upon himself and the United States Army.

  • Legion of Merit

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Lieutenant Colonel (Field Artillery)

    Batallion:

    325th Field Artillery Battalion

    Division:

    84th Infantry Division

    Action Date:

    1944 – 1945
    United States Military Academy Register of Graduates

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant Colonel (Field Artillery) Harry Jenkins Hubbard, United States Army, was awarded the Legion of Merit for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States as Commanding Officer, 325th Field Artillery Battalion, 84th Infantry Division, from 1944 to 1945.