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CMDR Gardner Lemmon Caskey

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CMDR Gardner Lemmon Caskey

Birth
Caro, Tuscola County, Michigan, USA
Death
2 Nov 1918 (aged 31)
Castletown Bearhaven, County Cork, Ireland
Burial
Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section 3, Lot 4045
Memorial ID
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Navy Cross Citation
The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to Commander Gardner Lemmon Caskey, United States Navy, for exceptionally meritorious service in a duty of great responsibility as Assistant in the Bureau of Ordnance in charge of the supply and distribution of powder and other explosives. Through his wise and far-seeing initiative and his able and energetic administration, an abundant supply of powder and explosives was on hand at the beginning of the war and the supply was maintained, and so efficiently distributed that ammunition was available at all times to meet the rapidly expanding demands, not only of the Navy, but of great numbers of auxiliaries and merchant vessels armed by the Navy.
Navy Cross Citation
The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to Commander Gardner Lemmon Caskey, United States Navy, for exceptionally meritorious service in a duty of great responsibility as Assistant in the Bureau of Ordnance in charge of the supply and distribution of powder and other explosives. Through his wise and far-seeing initiative and his able and energetic administration, an abundant supply of powder and explosives was on hand at the beginning of the war and the supply was maintained, and so efficiently distributed that ammunition was available at all times to meet the rapidly expanding demands, not only of the Navy, but of great numbers of auxiliaries and merchant vessels armed by the Navy.

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