Medal of Honor
April 21, 1914–April 22, 1914
Vera Cruz, Mexico
- Rank at action
- Seaman
- Service
- U.S. Navy
- Conflict
- Mexican Campaign (Vera Cruz)
- Unit or command
- U.S.S. Florida
- Presentation date
- June 15, 1914
The Citation
Sources ↓On board the U.S.S. Florida; for extraordinary heroism in the line of his profession during the seizure of Vera Cruz Mexico, 21 and 22 April 1914.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- James Aloysius Walsh — 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-002751
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-31
- Recorded order reference (not verified against the original)
- 101
- Entered service at
- New York, N.Y.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 97be8a7cda0ea21ff72668f0ce8714f5b7bd011149b81bcefd1fb1a3eb7a7b8c
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; rendered current reference profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
The Society structured field gives April 21, 1914, while the citation covers April 21–22. The full range is controlled, and the rendered citation's 'extrordinary' spelling remains preserved as source-specific wording.