Medal of Honor
January 9, 1876
Lisbon, Portugal
- Rank at action
- Seaman
- Service
- U.S. Navy
- Conflict
- Interim 1871 - 1899
- Unit or command
- U.S.S. Franklin
The Citation
Sources ↓Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- John Handran — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-30
current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison
Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
- Award ID
- MOH-AW-002384
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-30
- Recorded order reference (not verified against the original)
- 206
- Accredited to
- Massachusetts
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- d9fe9cb21e47ecb11c38c9de4fcbf9aad964013b136cdb1e719aaaad65d07293
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; rendered current reference profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
The inherited rank-1 Society candidate was confirmed by substantive comparison of identity, service, rank, unit or command, action context, and citation; candidate rank or successful rendering alone was not treated as verification. The controlled canonical unit or command is U.S.S. Franklin; the current structured profile renders U.S.S. Franklin, and the inherited wording Not documented remains preserved as a separately attributed variant. The current authoritative evidence controls the action date as 1876-01-09 and classifies the action under Interim 1871 - 1899; the inherited unnormalized date and conflict values remain preserved in the audit record. The controlled historical action place is Lisbon, Portugal; the current structured place Lisbon, Portugal and the complete inherited geocoder value Lisbon, Portugal remain preserved in the audit evidence. The inherited full citation remains canonical and checksum-protected; current rendered wording is preserved separately where transcribed. No underlying General Order was examined, so the exact-order gate remains pending and no General Order verification is claimed.