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Veracruz occupation
Henry Nehemiah Nickerson
Boatswain's Mate Second Class · U.S. Navy
U.S. Navy U.S.S. Utah
21 April 1914 · Vera Cruz, Mexico
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Era
- Expeditions, 1871–1933
- Home state
- West Virginia
- Action
- Vera Cruz, Mexico
The citation
Official citation
On board the U.S.S. Utah, Nickerson showed extraordinary heroism in the line of his profession during the seizure of Vera Cruz, Mexico, 21 April 1914.
Sources
- U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
- Wikipedia. Linked only. The article text is not copied here.
