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Medal of Honor Recipient

William Levery

U.S. Navy · Spanish-American War

MOH-RC-002480Source-based record

The award

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Navy Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1898

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Medal of Honor

May 11, 1898

Cienfuegos, Cuba

Rank at action
Apprentice First Class
Service
U.S. Navy
Conflict
Spanish-American War
Unit or command
U.S.S. Marblehead

The Citation

Sources ↓
On board the U.S.S. Marblehead during the operation of cutting the cable leading from Cienfuegos, Cuba, 11 May 1898. Facing the heavy fire of the enemy, Levery displayed extraordinary bravery and coolness throughout this action.
Separately preserved current-source wording

Captured from the linked current recipient source; it is not a new comparison with an original General Order.

On board the U.S.S. Marblehead during the operation of cutting the cable leading from Cienfuegos, Cuba, 11 May 1989. Facing the heavy fire of the enemy, Levery displayed extraordinary bravery and coolness thoughout this action.

Sources & record notes

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

  1. William Levery — 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-002491
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-30
Recorded order reference (not verified against the original)
521
Accredited to
Pennsylvania
Archive transcription SHA-256
006240de59ed144e0051062e1a034ed5b9514a0aa7bca24c34904d0b4765a3b4

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. Marblehead; the current structured profile renders U.S.S. Marblehead, and the inherited wording Not documented remains preserved as a separately attributed variant. The current authoritative evidence controls the action date as 1898-05-11 and classifies the action under Spanish-American War; the inherited unnormalized date and conflict values remain preserved. The controlled historical action place is Cienfuegos, Cuba; the current structured place Cienfuegos, Cuba and the complete inherited geocoder value Cienfuegos, Cuba remain preserved. The current structured field and inherited citation support May 11, 1898, while the rendered current citation contains the apparent year typo 1989 and spelling “thoughout.” The controlled 1898 date and both exact citation variants remain separately attributed. 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.

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