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Medal of Honor Recipient

Thomas John Ryan Jr.

U.S. Navy · Interim 1920 - 1940

MOH-RC-001341Source-based record

The award

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Navy Medal of HonorRecorded presentation: 1924

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Medal of Honor

September 1, 1923

Yokohama, Japan

Rank at action
Ensign
Service
U.S. Navy
Conflict
Interim 1920 - 1940
Unit or command
Not documented
Presentation date
March 15, 1924

The Citation

Sources ↓
For heroism in effecting the rescue of a woman from the burning Grand Hotel, Yokohama, Japan, on 1 September 1923. Following the earthquake and fire which occurred in Yokohama on 1 September, Ens. Ryan, with complete disregard for his own life, extricated a woman from the Grand Hotel, thus saving her life. His heroic conduct upon this occasion reflects the greatest credit on himself and on the U.S. Navy, of which he is a part. (Medal presented by President Coolidge at the White House on 15 March 1924.)
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For heroism in effecting the rescue of a woman from the burning Grand Hotel, Yokohama, Japan, on 1 September 1923. Following the earthquake and fire which occurred in Yokohama on 1 September, Ens. Ryan, with complete disregard for his own life, extricated a woman from the Grand Hotel, thus saving her life. His heroic conduct upon this occasion reflects the greatest credit on himself and on the U.S. Navy, of which he is part.

Sources & record notes

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  1. Thomas John Ryan Jr. — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-28

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Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
Award ID
MOH-AW-001349
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-28
Later or highest recorded rank
Rear Admiral
Entered service at
Louisiana
Archive transcription SHA-256
5bc3235199d66be9edc836326574fe49e8aaa7fff9ede0ec28db78c3cc8edf82

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

The current reference profile adds the Jr suffix and later rank. The inherited geographic expansion remains preserved as the legacy action place.

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