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Peacetime and interim
John Dempsey
Seaman · U.S. Navy
U.S. Navy
23 January 1875 · Shanghai, China
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Era
- Peacetime and other actions
- Home state
- Massachusetts
- Action
- Shanghai, China
The citation
Official citation
On board the U.S.S. Kearsarge at Shanghai, China, 23 January 1875. Displaying gallant conduct, Dempsey jumped overboard from the Kearsarge and rescued from drowning one of the crew of that vessel.
Sources
- U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
- Wikipedia. Linked only. The article text is not copied here.