Medal of Honor
June 2–3, 1898
Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
- Rank at action
- Watertender
- Service
- U.S. Navy
- Conflict
- Spanish-American War
- Unit or command
- U.S.S. Merrimac
The Citation
Sources ↓Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- Francis Kelly — 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-002462
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-30
- Recorded order reference (not verified against the original)
- 529
- Other source date wording
- 1898-06-03
- Later or highest recorded rank
- Chief Machinist's Mate
- Accredited to
- Massachusetts
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 64904217aed94f576a9285089a220e85b4c0485d85c2bf162169e264a11135f4
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; rendered current reference profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
The inherited rank-1 Society candidate was confirmed by substantive comparison of identity, service, rank, unit or command, action context, and citation; candidate rank or successful rendering alone was not treated as verification. The current profile also supplies the separately retained rank rendering Watertender (Highest Rank: Chief Machinist's Mate); action and later or highest ranks remain separately attributed. The controlled canonical unit or command is U.S.S. Merrimac; the current structured profile renders U.S.S. Merrimac, and the inherited wording Not documented remains preserved as a separately attributed variant. The current authoritative evidence controls the action date as 1898-06-03 and classifies the action under Spanish-American War; the inherited unnormalized date and conflict values remain preserved in the audit record. The controlled historical action place is Santiago de Cuba, Cuba; the current structured place Santiago de Cuba, Cuba and the complete inherited geocoder value Santiago de Cuba, Cuba remain preserved in the audit evidence. The inherited full citation remains canonical and checksum-protected; current rendered wording is preserved separately where transcribed. No underlying General Order was examined, so the exact-order gate remains pending and no General Order verification is claimed. The Society structured action date is June 3, 1898, while the rendered citation identifies June 2, 1898. The controlled archive range is June 2–3, 1898, and both exact official renderings remain separately attributed without silent overwrite.