Lieutenant William R. Huber is a Notable burial at https://www.cem.va.gov/cems/nchp/goldengate.asp. He received the Medal of Honor while serving in the U.S. Navy for actions after a boiler accident on board the U.S.S. Bruce, then at the Naval Shipyard in Norfolk, Virginia, June 11, 1928.  Huber enlisted in the United States Navy in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on September 14, 1920. He had risen to the rate of Machinist Mate First Class by the time he received the Medal of Honor in 1928.

After receiving the Medal of Honor, Huber stayed in the Navy and served throughout World War II. He was promoted to the warrant officer rank of machinist on 23 July 1942 and assigned to the repair ship USS Medusa stationed at Pearl Harbor. He was promoted to lieutenant (junior grade) on 1 May 1943 and to lieutenant on 1 July 1944. He retired from the Navy with the rank of Lieutenant on June 1, 1948.  Huber died in 1982.
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President Calvin Coolidge presents the Medal of Honor to Lt William Huber.

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