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Medal of Honor Recipient

Walter Elmore

U.S. Navy · Interim 1871 - 1899

MOH-RC-003417Source-based record

The award

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Navy Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1878

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Medal of Honor

October 1, 1878

off the coast of Algeria, Algeria

Rank at action
Landsman
Service
U.S. Navy
Conflict
Interim 1871 - 1899
Unit or command
U.S.S. Gettysburg

The Citation

Sources ↓
On board the U.S.S. Gettysburg; for jumping overboard and saving from drowning Wallace Febrey, landsman, while that vessel was under way at sea in latitude 36 degrees 58 minutes north, longitude 3 degrees 44 minutes east, I October 1878.

Sources & record notes

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

  1. Walter Elmore — 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-003434
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-09-02
Entered service at
Toulon, France
Archive transcription SHA-256
edb358cdcd4eb45c78b37654f580092271aafcd4be827ef488bf5ca122f21bc7

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.

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