James Rankin

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James Rankin

Birth
Killashee, County Longford, Ireland
Death
5 Jan 1921 (aged 76)
Antioch, Contra Costa County, California, USA
Burial
San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section PPE Site 211
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When James Rankin retired in 1919, he was commended for saving a total of 18 lives from the sea—a feat so impressive the U.S. Coast Guard cutter James Rankin was eventually named in his honor.

[Source: National Park Service, "The Rankin-Nagel Family: A Portrait of Fort Point"]

When James Rankin retired in 1919, he was commended for saving a total of 18 lives from the sea—a feat so impressive the U.S. Coast Guard cutter James Rankin was eventually named in his honor.

[Source: National Park Service, "The Rankin-Nagel Family: A Portrait of Fort Point"]

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CALIFORNIA
BOSTSWAIN'S MATE
U.S. NAVY

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