Medal of Honor
May 1, 1898
Manila, Luzon, Philippine Islands
- Rank at action
- Chief Carpenter's Mate
- Service
- U.S. Navy
- Conflict
- Spanish-American War
- Unit or command
- U.S.S. Petrel
The Citation
Sources ↓Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- Franz Anton Itrich — 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-002438
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-30
- Recorded order reference (not verified against the original)
- 13
- Later or highest recorded rank
- Chief Gunner
- Accredited to
- California
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- d3946d89bf8f21a1d2b26199d804f1f68b01a3e846e0250cb7f0f05f187c09e3
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 Chief Carpenter's Mate (Highest Rank: Chief Gunner); action and later or highest ranks remain separately attributed. The controlled canonical unit or command is U.S.S. Petrel; the current structured profile renders U.S.S. Petrel, and the inherited wording Not documented remains preserved as a separately attributed variant. The current authoritative evidence controls the action date as 1898-05-01 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 Manila, Luzon, Philippine Islands; the current structured place Manila, Luzon, Philippine Islands and the complete inherited geocoder value Bank of the Philippine Islands, 6768 Ayala Avenue, Legazpi Village, Makati, Metro Manila, Philippines 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.