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Peacetime and interim
Heinrich Behnke
Seaman First Class · U.S. Navy
U.S. Navy
25 January 1905 · USS Iowa
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Era
- Peacetime and other actions
- Home state
- District of Columbia
- Action
- USS Iowa
The citation
Official citation
While serving aboard the U.S.S. Iowa, Behnke displayed extraordinary heroism at the time of the blowing out of the manhole plate of boiler D on board that vessel, 25 January 1905.
Sources
- U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
- Wikipedia. Linked only. The article text is not copied here.