Medal of Honor
January 4, 1910
Hampton Roads, Virginia, USA
- Rank at action
- Chief Electrician
- Service
- U.S. Navy
- Conflict
- Interim 1899 - 1910
- Unit or command
- U.S.S. Birmingham
- Presentation date
- March 2, 1910
The Citation
Sources ↓Serving on board the U.S.S. Birmingham, for extraordinary heroism, rescuing G.H. Kephart seaman, from drowning at Hampton Roads, Va., 4 January 1910.
Sources & record notes
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- William Ellsworth Snyder — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-31
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Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
- Award ID
- MOH-AW-002685
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-31
- Recorded order reference (not verified against the original)
- 58
- Later or highest recorded rank
- Lieutenant Commander
- Accredited to
- Pennsylvania
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 189d4b8a354ecf39f178114de771e44214f0eb6db1a031eaad91ad51fdff9eeb
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