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Peacetime and interim
William Johnson
Cooper · U.S. Navy
U.S. Navy
14 November 1879 · USS Adams
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Era
- Peacetime and other actions
- Home state
- New York
- Action
- USS Adams
The citation
Official citation
Serving on board the U.S.S. Adams at the Navy Yard, Mare Island, Calif., 14 November 1879, Johnson rescued Daniel W. Kloppen, a workman, from drowning.
Sources
- U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
- Wikipedia. Linked only. The article text is not copied here.
