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Peacetime and interim
James F. O'Conner
U.S. Navy
15 June 1880 · USS Jean
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Era
- Peacetime and other actions
- Home state
- Virginia
- Action
- USS Jean
The citation
Official citation
For jumping overboard from the U.S.S. Jean Sands, opposite the Norfolk Navy Yard, on the night of 15 June 1880, and rescuing from drowning a young girl who had fallen overboard.
Sources
- U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
- Wikipedia. Linked only. The article text is not copied here.