Robert Galbraith (18 February 187813 May 1949) was a United States Navy recipient of the Medal of Honor for his actions in the PhilippineâÂÂAmerican War.
Galbraith was born in Brooklyn, New York on , the third child of John and Mary Galbraith (born ), immigrants from Scotland. On 5 June 1904, Galbraith married Dora Kemmerer in Brooklyn. They had one daughter named Ruth. In 1920, they were living in Brooklyn and Ruth was twelve years old. Galbraith was working as a civilian clothing inspector at the New York Navy Yard.
By 1930, Ruth was married and her parents had divorced. Dora Galbraith was living with her mother and sister in Brooklyn. Robert Galbraith was living on a farm in Brooklyn and working as an inspector with "Cloth U.S. Goom". By 1942, he had moved to Oceanside, New York and told the Selective Service System that he was retired. Galbraith died on in Queens, and is buried at Long Island National Cemetery in Section DSS, Site 17. After Dora Galbraith died in 1965, she was interred next to her former husband.
Galbraith enlisted in the US Navy prior to his service during the SpanishâÂÂAmerican War. In 1899, Galbraith received the Medal of Honor for his service while deployed during the PhilippineâÂÂAmerican War; Gunner's Mate Third Class Galbraith displayed "extraordinary heroism and gallantry while under fire of the enemy at El Pardo, Cebu, Philippine Islands, 12 and 13 September 1899." Galbraith's medal was issued by the United States Department of War's "General Orders No. 531, November 21, 1899". Prior to leaving the Navy as a quartermaster third class, Galbraith served during World War I.