Medal of Honor
July 21, 1905
San Diego harbor on board U.S.S. Bennington, California, USA
- Rank at action
- Seaman
- Service
- U.S. Navy
- Conflict
- Interim 1899 - 1910
- Unit or command
- U.S.S. Bennington
- Presentation date
- January 5, 1906
The Citation
Sources ↓Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- Rade Grbitch — 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-002372
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-30
- Recorded order reference (not verified against the original)
- 13
- Accredited to
- Illinois
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 5c6dadf73205979cb61e0334437dd908c546217e626a8844bcc165d3494acecb
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 controlled canonical unit or command is U.S.S. Bennington; the current structured profile renders U.S.S. Bennington, and the inherited wording Not documented remains preserved as a separately attributed variant. The current authoritative evidence controls the action date as 1905-07-21 and classifies the action under Interim 1899 - 1910; the inherited unnormalized date and conflict values remain preserved in the audit record. The controlled historical action place is San Diego harbor on board U.S.S. Bennington, California, USA; the current structured place San Diego harbor on board U.S.S. Bennington, California, USA and the complete inherited geocoder value San Diego, CA, USA remain preserved in the audit evidence. 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.