BARRETT, EDWARD

Rank: Second Class Fireman
Organization: U.S. Navy
Born: 1855, Philadelphia, Pa.
Departed: Yes
Entered Service At:
G.O. Number: 326
Date of Issue:
Accredited To: Pennsylvania
On board the U.S.S. Alaska at Callao Bay, Peru, 14 September 1881. Following the rupture of the stop-valve chamber, Barrett courageously hauled the fires from under the boiler of that vessel.