Medal of Honor
April 21, 1914
Vera Cruz, Mexico
- Rank at action
- Boatswain's Mate Second Class
- Service
- U.S. Navy
- Conflict
- Mexican Campaign (Vera Cruz)
- Unit or command
- U.S.S. Utah
The Citation
Sources ↓On board the U.S.S. Utah, Nickerson showed extraordinary heroism in the line of his profession during the seizure of Vera Cruz, Mexico, 21 April 1914.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- Henry Nehemiah Nickerson — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-26
current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison
Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
- Award ID
- MOH-AW-000522
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-26
- Entered service at
- West Virginia
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 5e1b813123b5bfd29fbf9e2d31e1e5ae8ab2652ca3c5010605c3b2511d32029b
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
The current official profile confirms identity and action date and records unit U.S.S. Utah; conflict Mexican Campaign (Vera Cruz); historical action place Vera Cruz, Mexico. The current profile includes an archival note citing U.S. Navy General Order No. 101. This profile-level reference is retained as metadata; the underlying order document has not been independently compared.