SERVICE MEMORIES

Gatewood Sanders Lincoln Date of death: 1-Nov-57

Gatewood Lincoln graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Class of 1896. He retired as a U.S. Navy Captain.

AWARDS AND CITATIONS

Navy Cross


Awarded for actions during the World War I
 

The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to Captain Gatewood Sanders Lincoln, United States Navy, for distinguished service in the line of his profession as Commanding Officer of the U.S.S. POWHATAN, engaged in the important, exacting and hazardous duty of transporting and escorting troops and supplies to European ports through waters infested with enemy submarines and mines during World War I.

Action Date: World War I

Service: Navy

Rank: Captain

Company: Commanding Officer

Division: U.S.S. Powhatan

Submitted by Doug Bewall RMCM USN Ret