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Interim 1871 - 1899 - U.S. Navy

Hugh Miller

Details
  • Rank: Boatswain's Mate
  • Conflict/Era: Interim 1871 - 1899
  • Unit/Command:
    U.S.S. Quinnebaug
  • Military Service Branch: U.S. Navy
  • Medal of Honor Action Date: November 21, 1885
  • Medal of Honor Action Place: Alexandria, Egypt
Citation
For jumping overboard from the U.S.S. Quinnebaug, at Alexandria, Egypt, on the morning of 21 November 1885 and assisting in saving a shipmate from drowning.
Additional Details
  • Accredited to: Pennsylvania
  • Awarded Posthumously: No
  • Born: 1859, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA, United States
  • Died:
 

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