Medal of Honor
September 19, 1880
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Rank at action
- Seaman
- Service
- U.S. Navy
- Conflict
- Interim 1871 - 1899
- Unit or command
- USS Shenandoah
The Citation
Sources ↓For jumping overboard from the U.S.S. Shenandoah, at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 19 September 1880, and rescuing from drowning James Grady, first class fireman.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- John Smith — Congressional Medal of Honor Society recipient profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-09-01
current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison
Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
- Award ID
- MOH-AW-003321
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-09-01
- Recorded order reference (not verified against the original)
- 326
- Accredited to
- New York
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- b70a56352df668d3cfe87549e85f8d04b8836b881205db7f3837ec8c7dd00cf5
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; rendered current reference profile comparison is documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
The USS Shenandoah profile is selected by ship, date, and Brazil rescue context, distinct from the two Civil War recipients of the same name.