No verified public-domain photo is on file yet.

Peacetime and interim

Jeremiah Troy

Chief Boatswain's Mate · U.S. Navy

U.S. Navy

21 April 1882 · Place not recorded

Branch
U.S. Navy
Era
Peacetime and other actions
Home state
New York
Action
Jeremiah Troy, 21 April 1882

The citation

Official citation

For jumping overboard from the U.S. Training Ship New Hampshire, at Newport, R.I., 21 April 1882, and rescuing from drowning Francis T. Price, third class boy.

Sources

Ready I Left My Home — Staff Sgt. Anisha Johnson

Audio credits