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Interim 1871 - 1899 - U.S. Navy

William Sadler

Details
  • Rank: Captain of the Top
  • Conflict/Era: Interim 1871 - 1899
  • Unit/Command:
    U.S.S. Saratoga
  • Military Service Branch: U.S. Navy
  • Medal of Honor Action Date: June 25, 1881
  • Medal of Honor Action Place: off Coasters Harbor Island, Newport, Rhode Island, USA
Citation
For jumping overboard from the U.S.S. Saratoga, off Coasters Harbor Island, R.I., 25 June 1881, and sustaining until picked up by a boat from the ship, Frank Gallagher, second class boy, who had fallen overboard.
Additional Details
  • Accredited to: Massachusetts
  • Awarded Posthumously: No
  • Presentation Date & Details: April 23, 1904
    The White House, by Pres. Theodore Roosevelt
  • Born: 1854, Boston, Suffolk County, MA, United States
  • Died:
 

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