U.S. Navy
William Henry Belpitt
ConflictNoncombat
Year of Action1884
Unit/CommandUSS Monocacy
BirthplaceRyde
Citation
On board the USS Monocacy, Foochow, China, 7 October 1884. Jumping overboard from that vessel on the morning of this date, Belpitt sustained, until picked up, a man who had been thrown into the water by the capsizing of a canoe.
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