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Peacetime and interim
John Costello
Ordinary Seaman · U.S. Navy
U.S. Navy
16 July 1876 · USS Hartford
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Era
- Peacetime and other actions
- Home state
- New York
- Action
- USS Hartford
The citation
Official citation
On board the U.S.S. Hartford, Philadelphia, Pa., 16 July 1876. Showing gallantry, Costello rescued from drowning a landsman of that vessel.
Sources
- U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
- Wikipedia. Linked only. The article text is not copied here.