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Interim 1871 - 1899 - U.S. Navy

Walter Elmore

Details
  • Rank: Landsman
  • Conflict/Era: Interim 1871 - 1899
  • Unit/Command:
    U.S.S. Gettysburg
  • Military Service Branch: U.S. Navy
  • Medal of Honor Action Date: October 1, 1878
  • Medal of Honor Action Place: off the coast of Algeria, Algeria
Citation

On board the U.S.S. Gettysburg; for jumping overboard and saving from drowning Wallace Febrey, landsman, while that vessel was under way at sea in latitude 36 degrees 58 minutes north, longitude three degrees 44 minutes east, 1 October 1878.

Additional Details
  • Accredited to: Toulon, France
  • Awarded Posthumously: No
  • Born: 1857, England
  • Died:
 

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