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Medal of Honor Recipient

John Otto Siegel

U.S. Navy · World War I

MOH-RC-003424Source-based record

The award

Representative medal image: Navy star design with the 1913 blue ribbon. Not a portrait or a photograph of this recipient’s own medal.
Navy Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1918

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Medal of Honor

November 1, 1918

Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia, USA

Rank at action
Boatswain's Mate Second Class
Service
U.S. Navy
Conflict
World War I
Unit or command
U.S.S. Mohawk

The Citation

Sources ↓
For extraordinary heroism while serving on board the Mohawk in performing a rescue mission aboard the schooner Hjeltenaes which was in flames on 1 November 1918. Going aboard the blazing vessel, Siegel rescued 2 men from the crew's quarters and went back the third time. Immediately after he had entered the crew's quarters, a steam pipe over the door bursted, making it impossible for him to escape. Siegel was overcome with smoke and fell to the deck, being finally rescued by some of the crew of the Mohawk who carried him out and rendered first aid.

Sources & record notes

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

  1. John Otto Siegel — Congressional Medal of Honor Society recipient profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-09-02

    current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison

Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
Award ID
MOH-AW-003441
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-09-02
Accredited to
New Jersey
Archive transcription SHA-256
1bc19da9dc27b78a96f24da4a95ab1b10a1a25299a5b9894e2b9a0b22bcd66ca

Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; rendered current reference profile comparison is documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.

Current official reference profile confirms identity and core action metadata; exact legacy citation text and checksum are retained; General Order comparison remains pending.

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