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Peacetime and interim
John F. Auer
Ordinary Seaman Apprentice · U.S. Navy
U.S. Navy
20 November 1883 · Marseille, France
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Era
- Peacetime and other actions
- Home state
- New York
- Action
- Marseille, France
The citation
Official citation
On board the U.S.S. Lancaster, Marseille, France, 20 November 1883. Jumping overboard, Auer rescued from drowning a French lad who had fallen into the sea from a stone pier astern of the ship.
Sources
- U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
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