Patrick Nieson Lynch Bellinger
Born: Cheraw, South Carolina
Home Town: Cheraw, South Carolina
The Navy Cross is presented to Patrick Nieson Lynch Bellinger, Commander, U.S. Navy, for distinguished service in the line of his profession as Commanding Officer of the Seaplane NC-1, which made a long overseas flight from New Foundland to the vicinity of the Azores, in May 1919.