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U.S. Navy

John F. Auer

ConflictNoncombat

Year of Action1883

Unit/CommandUSS Lancaster

BirthplaceNew York

Citation

On board the USS Lancaster, Marseille, France, 20 November 1883. Jumping overboard, Auer rescued from drowning a French lad who had fallen into the sea from a stone pier astern of the ship.

Branch: U.S. Navy Conflict: Noncombat Year of Action: 1883

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Robert BrownU.S. NavyConflict: Civil War

John Philip CromwellU.S. NavyConflict: World War II

James R. GarrisonU.S. NavyConflict: Civil War

Robert M. BlairU.S. NavyConflict: Civil War

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