Veracruz occupation
Richard Wainwright Jr.
Lieutenant · U.S. Navy
U.S. Navy
21 and 22 April 1914 · Place not recorded
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- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Era
- Expeditions, 1871–1933
- Home state
- District of Columbia
- Action
- Richard Wainwright Jr., 21 and 22 April 1914
The citation
Official citation
For distinguished conduct in battle, engagements of Vera Cruz, 21 and 22 April 1914. Lt. Wainwright was eminent and conspicuous in command of his battalion; was in the fighting of both days, and exhibited courage and skill in leading his men through action. In seizing the customhouse, he encountered for many hours the heaviest and most pernicious concealed fire of the entire day, but his courage and coolness under trying conditions were marked .
Sources
- U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
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