William L. Hill

Captain of the Top · U.S. Navy

U.S. Navy

22 June 1881 · Place not recorded

Branch: U.S. Navy
Era: Peacetime and other actions
Home state: New York
Action: William L. Hill, 22 June 1881

The citation

Official citation

Serving on board the U.S. Training Ship Minnesota at Newport, R.I., 22 June 1881, Hill jumped overboard and sustained William Mulcahy, third class boy, who had fallen overboard, until picked up by a steam launch.

Sources

U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
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