Medal of Honor Action Place: Newport, Rhode Island, USA
Citation
For jumping overboard from the U.S. training ship Minnesota, Newport, R.I., 26 August 1881, and sustaining until picked up by a boat from the ship, C. Lorenze, captain of the forecastle, who had fallen overboard.
Additional Details
Accredited to: New York
Awarded Posthumously: No
Born: 1854, Germany
Died: December 10, 1928, Berkeley, CA, United States
Buried: Mountain View Cemetery (172-6), Oakland, CA, United States