Medal of Honor
June 22, 1900
China
- Rank at action
- Boatswain's Mate First Class
- Service
- U.S. Navy
- Conflict
- China Relief Expedition (Boxer Rebellion)
- Unit or command
- USS Newark
The Citation
Sources ↓Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- Edward G. Allen — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-30
current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison
Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
- Award ID
- MOH-AW-002172
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-30
- Recorded order reference (not verified against the original)
- 55
- Later or highest recorded rank
- Chief Boatswain
- Accredited to
- New York
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 67e9d6cf48fa00289c226893d4cace8ef69eab55f1aa95feb764ad817d8cd418
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; rendered current reference profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
The inherited candidate set did not contain the controlling current reference profile at https://www.cmohs.org/recipients/edward-g-allen. A controlled archival reference search recovered the profile; identity, service, rank, action context, and citation evidence match the inherited record, while every inherited candidate and stale URL remain preserved. The current authoritative source expands or normalizes the inherited name from Edward Allen to Edward G. Allen; both forms remain preserved. The exact rendered source heading “Edward G Allen” is preserved separately from the canonical display form “Edward G. Allen”. The controlled action rank is Boatswain's Mate First Class; the current profile also records a later or highest rank of Chief Boatswain. Action and later ranks remain separately attributed. The current profile records USS Newark; the inherited unit field Not documented remains preserved as a source variant. The previously unnormalized action date is controlled as 1900-06-22 from the current authoritative profile. The Society structured field identifies June 22, 1900, while the rendered citation identifies meritorious conduct on June 13, 20, 21, and 22; both source renderings are retained. The controlled historical action place is China; the complete inherited geocoder value Europe remains preserved in the audit evidence. The current authoritative profile classifies the action under China Relief Expedition (Boxer Rebellion); the inherited unclassified value remains preserved in the audit record. No underlying General Order was examined, so the exact-order gate remains pending and no General Order verification is claimed.