Medal of Honor
April 21, 1914
Vera Cruz, Mexico
- Rank at action
- Chief Gunner's Mate
- Service
- U.S. Navy
- Conflict
- Mexican Campaign (Vera Cruz)
- Unit or command
- USS Utah
- Presentation date
- September 13, 1923
The Citation
Sources ↓Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- George Bradley — 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-002217
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-30
- Recorded order reference (not verified against the original)
- 117
- Later or highest recorded rank
- Lieutenant
- Accredited to
- Rhode Island
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 702d38715f49fee8ea8ecd94d354daf0b3a0af0cc15987ef8e7469a00a95eee2
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, action context, and citation; candidate rank or successful rendering alone was not treated as verification. The controlled action rank is Chief Gunner's Mate; the current profile also records a later or highest rank of Lieutenant. Action and later ranks remain separately attributed. The current profile records USS Utah; the inherited unit field Not documented remains preserved as a source variant. The previously unnormalized action date is controlled as 1914-04-21 from the current authoritative profile. The controlled historical action place is Vera Cruz, Mexico; the complete inherited geocoder value Heroica Veracruz, Veracruz, Mexico remains preserved in the audit evidence. The current authoritative profile classifies the action under Mexican Campaign (Vera Cruz); the inherited unclassified value remains preserved in the audit record. No underlying General Order was examined, so the exact-order gate remains pending and no General Order verification is claimed.