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Medal of Honor Recipient

Henry Simpson

U.S. Navy · Interim 1871 - 1899

MOH-RC-002667Source-based record

The award

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Navy Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1877

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Medal of Honor

October 31, 1877

Monrovia, Liberia

Rank at action
Fireman First Class
Service
U.S. Navy
Conflict
Interim 1871 - 1899
Unit or command
U.S.S. Essex

The Citation

Sources ↓
For rescuing from drowning John W. Powers, ordinary seaman on board the U.S.S. Essex, at Monrovia, Liberia, 31 October 1877.

Sources & record notes

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  1. Henry Simpson — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-31

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Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
Award ID
MOH-AW-002679
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-31
Recorded order reference (not verified against the original)
326
Accredited to
New York
Archive transcription SHA-256
c27ddf2a4d486590b2650cb000adf4f81a388e8a6871a47d3e03960488ca7310

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.

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