Medal of Honor
May 11, 1898
Cienfuegos, Cuba
- Rank at action
- 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, Van Etten displayed extraordinary bravery and coolness throughout this period.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- Hudson van Etten — 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-002741
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-31
- Recorded order reference (not verified against the original)
- 521
- Later or highest recorded rank
- Chief Watertender
- Accredited to
- New Jersey
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 941f25a576144be829448d11aa51bc59282b61cecdb456462cc99bf4dee4d357
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; rendered current reference profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
The inherited rank-2 candidate was promoted only after substantive comparison confirmed Hudson van Etten, Navy service aboard USS Nashville, and the May 11, 1898 Cienfuegos action.