David Legge Brainard
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From 1902's A Military Album, Containing Over One Thousand Portraits of Commissioned Officers Who Served in the Spanish-American War.
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| Born | December 21, 1856 Norway, New York |
| Died | March 22, 1946 (aged 89) Washington, D.C. |
| Buried at | Arlington National Cemetery |
| Allegiance |
 United States
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| Service/branch |
 United States Army
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| Years of service | 1876–1919 |
| Rank |
 Brigadier General
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| Unit |
2nd Cavalry Regiment Signal Corps |
| Battles/wars | World War I |
| Awards | Knight of the Order of Aviz (1918) Charles P. Daly Medal (1925) The Explorers Club Medal (1929) Purple Heart (1933) |
Brigadier-General David Legge Brainard, CavA (December 21, 1856 − March 22, 1946) was an American arctic explorer and soldier.
Brainard was born on December 21, 1856 in Norway, New York, the fifth son of Alanson Brainard and Maria C. Legge. He attended the State Normal School in Cortland, New York, and then decided upon a military career.
Brainard enlisted in the US Army in September, 1876, serving at Fort Keogh, Montana Territory during the Great Sioux War of 1876. On May 7, 1877, Brainard fought in the Battle of Little Muddy Creek, Montana, where he was Wounded in action in the face and right hand. He also served during the Nez Perce War and Bannock War of 1877 and 1878 under Colonel Nelson Appleton Miles, in Montana.
In 1880, he volunteered and was selected for the Howgate Expedition, which was canceled. However, the next year he was detailed as first sergeant for the ill-fated Lady Franklin Bay Expedition under Adolphus Greely. Over the three years of this expedition he continuously kept a journal. Among the men to die on this expedition was James Booth Lockwood, second-in-command of the expedition and Brainard's companion on many excursions, including their record breaking push north to 83°23'30". Brainard wrote of his passing on April 9, 1884:
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