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Peacetime and interim
James Thayer
Ship's Corporal U.S. Navy. · U.S. Navy
16 November 1879 · USS Constitution
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Era
- Peacetime and other actions
- Home state
- Pennsylvania
- Action
- USS Constitution
The citation
Official citation
For rescuing from drowning a boy serving with him on the U.S.S. Constitution, at the Navy Yard, Norfolk, Va., 16 November 1879.
Sources
- U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
- Wikipedia. Linked only. The article text is not copied here.