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Peacetime and interim
William Henry Gowan
Boatswain's Mate · U.S. Navy
U.S. Navy
20 January 1909 · Place not recorded
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Era
- Peacetime and other actions
- Home state
- New York
- Action
- William Henry Gowan, 20 January 1909
The citation
Official citation
For bravery and extraordinary heroism displayed by him during a conflagration in Coquimbo, Chile, 20 January 1909.
Sources
- U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
- Wikipedia. Linked only. The article text is not copied here.