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Medal of Honor Recipient

Frank du Moulin

U.S. Navy · Interim 1865 - 1870

MOH-RC-002299Source-based record

The award

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Navy Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1867

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Medal of Honor

September 5, 1867

New London Harbor, Connecticut, USA

Rank at action
Apprentice
Service
U.S. Navy
Conflict
Interim 1865 - 1870
Unit or command
U.S.S. Sabine

The Citation

Sources ↓
On the 5th of September 1867, Du Moulin jumped overboard and saved from drowning Apprentice D'Orsay, who had fallen from the mizzen topmast rigging of the Sabine, in New London Harbor, and was rendered helpless by striking the mizzen rigging and boat davit in the fall.

Sources & record notes

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

  1. Frank du Moulin — 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-002310
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-30
Recorded order reference (not verified against the original)
84
Accredited to
Pennsylvania
Archive transcription SHA-256
2c88bda36e5d8aa380171779f86464dcb5e1606c97844b55826cb0b82559bb5d

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

The inherited rank-2 Society candidate was confirmed by substantive comparison of identity, service, rank, unit or command, action context, and citation; the higher candidate rank was not treated as verification by itself, and every inherited candidate remains preserved. The current authoritative source expands or normalizes the inherited name from Frank Du Moulin to Frank du Moulin; both renderings remain preserved. The controlled canonical unit or command is U.S.S. Sabine; the current structured profile renders U.S.S. Sabine, and the inherited wording Not documented remains preserved as a separately attributed variant. The current authoritative evidence controls the action date as 1867-09-05 and classifies the action under Interim 1865 - 1870; the inherited unnormalized date and conflict values remain preserved in the audit record. The controlled historical action place is New London Harbor, Connecticut, USA; the current structured place New London Harbor, Connecticut, USA and the complete inherited geocoder value Harbor House, Pequot Avenue, New London, CT 06320, USA 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.

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