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Medal of Honor Recipient

James Thayer

U.S. Navy · Interim 1871 - 1899

MOH-RC-002709Source-based record

The award

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Navy Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1879

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Medal of Honor

November 16, 1879

Norfolk Navy Yard, Virginia, USA

Rank at action
Ship's Corporal
Service
U.S. Navy
Conflict
Interim 1871 - 1899
Unit or command
U.S.S. Constitution

The Citation

Sources ↓
For rescuing from drowning a boy serving with him on the U.S.S. Constitution, at the Navy Yard, Norfolk, Va., 16 November 1879.

Sources & record notes

General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.

  1. James Thayer — 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-002722
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
Pennsylvania
Archive transcription SHA-256
613ccb044508da2af1c6acfa86763fa3f4803a95d5dceb72743b7718b8a34bc9

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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