Medal of Honor
January 21, 1903
on the rocks of Block Island, Rhode Island, USA
- Rank at action
- Chief Machinist
- Service
- U.S. Navy
- Conflict
- Interim 1899 - 1910
- Unit or command
- U.S.S. Leyden
- Presentation date
- December 26, 1903
The Citation
Sources ↓Serving on board the U.S.S. Leyden; for heroism at the time of the wreck of that vessel, 21 January 1903.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- Michael Walsh — 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-003417
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-09-02
- Recorded order reference (not verified against the original)
- 145
- Accredited to
- Rhode Island
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 3a4de36b57e24d3ffd1154dc629a256c52e2dcbce42ab644692501bbc398999e
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.