Medal of Honor
1902-04-27
Yokohama, Japan
- Rank at action
- Coxswain
- Service
- U.S. Navy
- Conflict
- Interim 1899 - 1910
- Unit or command
- U.S.S. Yorktown
- Presentation date
- July 7, 1902
The Citation
Sources ↓For heroism in rescuing Walenty Wisnieroski, Machinist Second Class, from drowning at Yokohama, Japan, 27 April 1902, while serving on board the U.S.S. Yorktown.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- Joseph Quick — current citation source ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-22
current identity, action metadata, and full citation transcription
Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
- Award ID
- MOH-AW-000072
- Transcription status
- Current-source full text
- Last source check
- 2026-08-22
- Recorded order reference (not verified against the original)
- 93
- Entered service at
- New York
- Accredited to
- New York
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 232a2ef81743ac8ac317260d40068167e814f18160002f51edaf4a313078d5d7
current_profile_transcription_with_whitespace_and_display_punctuation_normalized
Populated the vessel as the unit and replaced the modern geocode with the historical action place.