US Navy Peacetime Medal of Honor Recipient. He was issued the award on December 26, 1903 for his actions as a fireman first class with the Navy tug USS Leyden on January 21, 1903. On that date, it was returning from Puerto Rico when it ran aground and sank in a heavy fog near Block Island, Rhode Island. His Medal of Honor citation reads: "Serving on board the U.S.S. Leyden, for heroism at the time of the wreck of that vessel, 21 January 1903."
US Navy Peacetime Medal of Honor Recipient. He was issued the award on December 26, 1903 for his actions as a fireman first class with the Navy tug USS Leyden on January 21, 1903. On that date, it was returning from Puerto Rico when it ran aground and sank in a heavy fog near Block Island, Rhode Island. His Medal of Honor citation reads: "Serving on board the U.S.S. Leyden, for heroism at the time of the wreck of that vessel, 21 January 1903."
Bio by: William Bjornstad
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MAY 4 1878
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