Medal of Honor
July 21, 1905
San Diego, California, USA
- Rank at action
- Ship's Cook First Class
- Service
- U.S. Navy
- Conflict
- Interim 1899 - 1910
- Unit or command
- USS Bennington
- Presentation date
- January 5, 1906
The Citation
Sources ↓On board the U.S.S. Bennington, for extraordinary heroism displayed at the time of the explosion of a boiler of that vessel at San Diego, Calif., 21 July 1905.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- Frank Ebenezer Hill — Congressional Medal of Honor Society recipient profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-09-01
current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison
Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
- Award ID
- MOH-AW-003302
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-09-01
- Recorded order reference (not verified against the original)
- 13
- Accredited to
- Indiana
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 5c6dadf73205979cb61e0334437dd908c546217e626a8844bcc165d3494acecb
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.