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Medal of Honor Recipient

Michael McNamara

U.S. Marine Corps · Korean Campaign 1871

MOH-RC-002522Source-based record

The award

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Navy Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1871

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Medal of Honor

June 11, 1871

Korean Forts, Korea

Rank at action
Private
Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Conflict
Korean Campaign 1871
Unit or command
U.S.S. Benicia

The Citation

Sources ↓
On board the U.S.S. Benicia during the capture of the Korean forts, 11 June 1871. Advancing to the parapet, McNamara wrenched the match-lock from the hands of an enemy and killed him.

Sources & record notes

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

  1. Michael McNamara — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-31

    current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison

Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
Award ID
MOH-AW-002533
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-31
Recorded order reference (not verified against the original)
169
Accredited to
New York
Archive transcription SHA-256
4d0bcb15e74b227f704f5d3df2f3819b6645c6eb014646cb1642b254adcecfa9

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

Current reference profile confirms identity, Marine Corps service aboard USS Benicia, and the June 11, 1871 Korean Forts action. Recovery provenance: the prior live-verification result is reconstructed because the described P10-C060–P10-C062 restart files were not physically available; the verified P10-C059 authority, retained web-reference metadata, legacy record, and prior session evidence are all preserved.

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