Medal of Honor
June 15, 1880
opposite Norfolk Navy Yard, Virginia, USA
- Rank at action
- Landsman, Engineer's Force
- Service
- U.S. Navy
- Conflict
- Interim 1871 - 1899
- Unit or command
- U.S.S. Jean Sands
The Citation
Sources ↓For jumping overboard from the U.S.S. Jean Sands, opposite the Navy Yard, Norfolk, Va., on the night of 15 June 1880, and rescuing from drowning a young girl who had fallen overboard.
Sources & record notes
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- William Sweeney — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-31
current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison
Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
- Award ID
- MOH-AW-002714
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-31
- Recorded order reference (not verified against the original)
- 326
- Accredited to
- Massachusetts
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 390cfd64cf5d653be36008375490603ece9d3af6a71970e17b89c78525f6e283
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