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Medal of Honor Recipient

Gustav Adolf Sundquist

U.S. Navy · Spanish-American War

MOH-RC-002695Source-based record

The award

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Navy Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1898

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Medal of Honor

May 11, 1898

Cienfuegos, Cuba

Rank at action
Ordinary Seaman
Service
U.S. Navy
Conflict
Spanish-American War
Unit or command
U.S.S. Nashville

The Citation

Sources ↓
On board the U.S.S. Nashville during the operation of cutting the cable leading from Cienfuegos, Cuba, 11 May 1898. Facing the heavy fire of the enemy, Sundquist displayed extraordinary bravery and coolness throughout this action.

Sources & record notes

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  1. Gustav Adolf Sundquist — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-31

    current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison

Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
Award ID
MOH-AW-002707
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-31
Recorded order reference (not verified against the original)
529
Later or highest recorded rank
Chief Special Mechanic
Accredited to
New York
Archive transcription SHA-256
815197bb74f800fd212b0da283af5eead9a803be944b335168640fd72db6de97

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

Current reference profile was substantively compared against the inherited identity, service, rank, unit or command, action context, and citation. Candidate rank or successful page rendering alone was not treated as verification.