Medal of Honor
June 20–22, 1900
Peking, China
- Rank at action
- Landsman
- Service
- U.S. Navy
- Conflict
- China Relief Expedition (Boxer Rebellion)
- Unit or command
- U.S.S. Newark
The Citation
Sources ↓Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- Joseph Killackey — 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-002467
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-30
- Recorded order reference (not verified against the original)
- 55
- Later or highest recorded rank
- Gunner's Mate Third Class
- Accredited to
- Pennsylvania
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- d6aef4a4153c7feeefd5c01481973e622e3a61a8cd0895bfa8110b0e9b76b7cd
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 current profile also supplies the separately retained rank rendering Landsman (Highest Rank: Gunner's Mate Third Class); action and later or highest ranks remain separately attributed. The controlled canonical unit or command is U.S.S. Newark; the current structured profile renders U.S.S. Newark, and the inherited wording Not documented remains preserved as a separately attributed variant. The controlled action-date display is June 20–22, 1900; the current structured source value and any fuller citation chronology remain separately attributed. The controlled historical action place is Peking, China; the current structured place Peking, China and the complete inherited geocoder value China remain preserved in the audit evidence. The structured profile gives June 20–22, 1900, while the rendered citation additionally names June 13. The structured range remains controlled, and the citation’s additional non-contiguous action day is preserved separately without implying a continuous June 13–22 action. 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.