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Peacetime and interim
Edward William Boers
Seaman · U.S. Navy
U.S. Navy
21 July 1905 · USS Bennington
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Era
- Peacetime and other actions
- Home state
- Kentucky
- Action
- USS Bennington
The citation
Official citation
On board the U.S.S. Bennington, 21 July 1905. Following the explosion of a boiler of that vessel, Boers displayed extraordinary heroism in the resulting action.