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Peacetime and interim
Alphonse Girandy
Seaman · U.S. Navy
U.S. Navy
31 March 1901 · USS Petrel
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Era
- Peacetime and other actions
- Home state
- Pennsylvania
- Action
- USS Petrel
The citation
Official citation
Serving on board the U.S.S. Petrel, for heroism and gallantry, fearlessly exposing his own life to danger for the saving of others, on the occasion of the fire on board that vessel, 31 March 1901.
Sources
- U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
- Wikipedia. Linked only. The article text is not copied here.