Eric Lloyd Barr, Sr.

The Navy Cross is awarded to Lieutenant Commander Eric Lloyd Barr, Sr., U.S. Navy, for distinguished and heroic action as commanding officer of the U.S.S. E-1 and K-1, engaged in the important, exacting, and hazardous duty of patrolling the waters infested by enemy submarines, destroyers, and mines, protecting vitally important convoys of troops and supplies; and in offensive and defensive action, vigorously and unremittingly prosecuted against all forms of enemy naval activity.