Medal of Honor
September 9, 1915
U.S.S. Decatur at Sea
- Rank at action
- Chief Watertender
- Service
- U.S. Navy
- Conflict
- Interim 1915 - 1916
- Unit or command
- U.S.S. Decatur
- Presentation date
- February 8, 1916
The Citation
Sources ↓Attached to U.S.S. Decatur; for several times entering compartments on board of Decatur immediately following an explosion on board that vessel, 9 September 1915, and locating and rescuing injured shipmates.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- Eugene P Smith — Congressional Medal of Honor Society recipient profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-09-02
current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison
Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
- Award ID
- MOH-AW-003409
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-09-02
- Recorded order reference (not verified against the original)
- 189
- Accredited to
- California
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 29b8959eeb44aa45727280151ba80c5909550a11164bf6ce69a337f6f7e166bf
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; rendered current reference profile comparison is documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
Current official reference profile confirms identity and core action metadata; exact legacy citation text and checksum are retained; General Order comparison remains pending.