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Peacetime and interim

Alexander Peters

Boatswain's Mate First Class · U.S. Navy

U.S. Navy

15 September 1904 · USS Missouri

Branch
U.S. Navy
Era
Peacetime and other actions
Home state
Pennsylvania
Action
USS Missouri

The citation

Official citation

For heroism in attempting to rescue from drowning Cecil C. Young, ordinary seaman, 15 September 1904, while serving on board the U.S.S. Missouri.

Sources

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Ready I Left My Home — Staff Sgt. Anisha Johnson

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