Albert S. McLemore
Albert Sidney McLemore was an American officer serving in the United States Marine Corps during the SpanishAmerican War. He was approved to receive the Marine Corps Brevet Medal for bravery but died before it could be presented.
McLemore was born May 23, 1869 in Murfreesboro, Tennessee and after graduating from the United States Naval Academy in 1891 he accepted a commission in the United States Marine Corps. McLemore served in the SpanishAmerican War and during World War I was the officer in Charge of Marine Corps recruiting. He was approved to receive the Brevet Medal for gallantry in the SpanishAmerican War, but died before it could be presented. Since the brevet medal was not presented posthumously it was never given to his family and instead placed on display in the National Museum.
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