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Medal of Honor Recipient

Carl Emil Petersen

U.S. Navy · China Relief Expedition (Boxer Rebellion)

MOH-RC-002600Source-based record

The award

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Navy Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1900

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Medal of Honor

June 28–August 17, 1900

Peking, China

Rank at action
Chief Machinist
Service
U.S. Navy
Conflict
China Relief Expedition (Boxer Rebellion)
Unit or command
U.S.S. Newark

The Citation

Sources ↓
In the presence of the enemy during the action at Peking, China, 28 June to 17 August 1900. During this period Chief Machinist Petersen distinguished himself by meritorious conduct.

Sources & record notes

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

  1. Carl Emil Petersen — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-31

    current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison

Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
Award ID
MOH-AW-002612
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-31
Recorded order reference (not verified against the original)
55
Entered service at
New Jersey
Archive transcription SHA-256
494369aa807c2f6d600450e84ec9c4b68efe478f8dea8eaf0d3e2aaf1d22f526

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

Current reference profile expands the inherited name and confirms USS Newark and the June 28–August 17, 1900 Peking action period. Recovery provenance: the prior live-verification result is reconstructed because the described P10-C060–P10-C062 restart files were not physically available; the verified P10-C059 authority, retained web-reference metadata, legacy record, and prior session evidence are all preserved.

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