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Medal of Honor Recipient

Abraham Desomer

U.S. Navy · Mexican Campaign (Vera Cruz)

MOH-RC-002834Source-based record

The award

Representative medal image: Navy star design with the 1913 blue ribbon. Not a portrait or a photograph of this recipient’s own medal.
Navy Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1914

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Medal of Honor

1914-04-21

Vera Cruz, on board U.S.S. Utah, Mexico

Rank at action
Lieutenant
Service
U.S. Navy
Conflict
Mexican Campaign (Vera Cruz)
Unit or command
U.S.S. Utah

The Citation

Sources ↓
On board the U.S.S. Utah, for extraordinary heroism in the line of his profession during the seizure of Vera Cruz, Mexico, 21 and 22 April 1914.

Sources & record notes

General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.

  1. Abraham Desomer — Congressional Medal of Honor Society recipient profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-09-01

    current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison

Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
Award ID
MOH-AW-002848
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-09-01
Entered service at
Wisconsin
Archive transcription SHA-256
91d07fcb100648b29aa346da0d3925dc5c944b16a2e8bd2a308ce994d2a7ce71

Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; rendered current reference profile comparison is documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.

The official structured action date is April 21, 1914; citation narrative references April 21–22. The structured field is retained and the discrepancy is documented.

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