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Peacetime and interim

Christian Osepins

Seaman · U.S. Navy

U.S. Navy

7 May 1882 · Place not recorded

Branch
U.S. Navy
Era
Peacetime and other actions
Home state
New York
Action
Christian Osepins, 7 May 1882

The citation

Official citation

For jumping overboard from the U.S. Tug Fortune, 7 May 1882, at Hampton Roads, Va., and rescuing from drowning James Walters, gunner's mate.

Sources

Ready I Left My Home — Staff Sgt. Anisha Johnson

Audio credits