[1] Henry Lewis Hulbert was born in Kingston upon Hull, East Yorkshire, England on 12 January 1867.

He attended Felsted School in Essex, and entered the British Colonial Civil Service, with his first appointment in Malaya.

A subsequent personal scandal and divorce resulted in Hulbert leaving Malaysia and arriving in the United States.

After the battle the soldierly qualities of Hulbert are best illustrated by the following quotation from a Letter of Commendation from the Secretary of the Navy dated 22 May 1899: The gallantry of Private Henry L. Hulbert, who remained behind at the fence till the last and who was with Lansdale and Monaghan when they were killed, I desire especially to mention.

He was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross and the French Croix de Guerre with palm.

The destroyer was moored in Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941 and brought down a Japanese torpedo bomber.