Peacetime Medal of Honor Recipient. He entered the US Navy at New York. He served as a Boatswain's Mate. His citation reads "For jumping overboard from the US training ship Portsmouth, at the Washington Navy Yard, 23 January 1882, and endeavoring to rescue Thomas Duncan, carpenter and caulker, who had fallen overboard.
Peacetime Medal of Honor Recipient. He entered the US Navy at New York. He served as a Boatswain's Mate. His citation reads "For jumping overboard from the US training ship Portsmouth, at the Washington Navy Yard, 23 January 1882, and endeavoring to rescue Thomas Duncan, carpenter and caulker, who had fallen overboard.
Bio by: Don Morfe
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