FARROW-HENRY
HENRY FARROW
BAINBRIDGE, MD 1951
Deceased
06/04/1956
Rate/Rank
CAPT
CAPT
Service Branch
USN 6/1926 - 4/1956
Born
04/24/1904
MOBILE, AL
CAPTAIN HENRY FARROW GRADUATED THE US NAVAL ACADEMY IN 1926. CAPT FARROW IS BURIED AT ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY, SEC 1 SITE 437.
USS NAVAL ACADEMY 1926
USS SEMINOLE
USS EDSALL
PT SQD 5 SOLOMON ISL
MINE FORCE 5TH FLEET ASIATIC WATERS
NTC BAINBRIDGE MD
USS ROBERT SMITH
SILVER STAR
LEGION OF MERIT
BRONZE STAR
NAVAL COMMENDATION MEDAL
NAVY UNIT COMMENDATION
AMERICAN DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL
AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL
ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL
WORLD WAR II VICTORY MEDAL
NAVY OCCUPATION SERVICE MEDAL
NATIONAL DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL
KOREAN SERVICE MEDAL
UNITED NATIONS SERVICE MEDAL
SECOND NICARAGUAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL
YANGTZE SERVICE MEDAL
CHINA SERVICE MEDAL
AND MORE
DURING WWII, Captain Henry Farrow served aboard the destroyer USS Robert Smith, and the destroyer USS Edsall. During WWII, he served as commander Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron Five in the Solomon Islands campaign, and as commanding officer of the destroyer USS Robert Smith in the Iwo Jima & Okinawa campaigns. During the Korean War, he was commanding officer of the USS Seminole, which participated in the invasion of Inchon, Korea.