Medal of Honor
April 13, 1904
U.S.S. Missouri at Sea, Caribbean Sea
- Rank at action
- Chief Gunner's Mate
- Service
- U.S. Navy
- Conflict
- Interim 1899 - 1910
- Unit or command
- U.S.S. Missouri
- Presentation date
- May 26, 1904
The Citation
Sources ↓Serving on board the U.S.S. Missouri, for extraordinary heroism in entering a burning magazine through the scuttle and endeavoring to extinguish the fire by throwing water with his hands until a hose was passed to him, 13 April 1904.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
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Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
- Award ID
- MOH-AW-003397
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-09-02
- Recorded order reference (not verified against the original)
- 160
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- f6be41c2d0afa7ff4a1149d8864b831c9d9c226b23e1d6dee7a984fa5d418c4f
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.