Peacetime and interim
John O'Neal
Boatswain's Mate · U.S. Navy
U.S. Navy
12 April 1872 · Greytown, Nicaragua
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- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Era
- Peacetime and other actions
- Home state
- Pennsylvania
- Action
- Greytown, Nicaragua
The citation
Official citation
Serving on board the U.S.S. Kansas, O'Neal displayed great coolness and self-possession at the time Comdr. A. F. Crosman and others were drowned near Greytown, Nicaragua, 12 April 1872, and by personal exertion prevented greater loss of life.
Sources
- U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
- Wikipedia. Linked only. The article text is not copied here.