This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: BENNETT Classification: Military Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/BRD.2ACEB/6302 Message Board Post: Source: http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/moh1.htm Note: This is not my ancestry. I have NO additional information. I am just passing along information that may be useful. BENNETT, FLOYD Rank and organization: Machinist, U.S. Navy. Born: 25 October 1890, Warrensburg, N.Y. Accredited to: New York. Other Navy award: Distinguished Service Medal. Citation: For distinguishing himself conspicuously by courage and intrepidity at the risk of his life as a member of the Byrd Arctic Expedition and thus contributing largely to the success of the first heavier-than-air flight to the North Pole and return. Burial: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA Born: 1890; WARRENSBURG, NY Died: 1928 Additional Information and cemetery monument photo: http://www.homeofheroes.com/gravesites/arlington/bennett_floyd.html