Christopher Fowler

Quartermaster · U.S. Navy

U.S. Navy

11 May 1874 · USS Fortune

Branch: U.S. Navy
Era: Peacetime and other actions
Home state: New York
Action: USS Fortune

The citation

Official citation

Served on board the U.S.S. Fortune off Point Zapotitlan, Mexico, 11 May 1874. On the occasion of the capsizing of one of the boats of the Fortune and the drowning of a portion of the boat's crew, Fowler displayed gallant conduct.

Sources

U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
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