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U.S. Navy

Thomas Burke

ConflictNoncombat

Year of Action1866

Unit/CommandUSS Winooski

Citation

For heroic conduct, with 2 comrades, in rescuing from drowning James Rose and John Russell, seamen, of the USS Winooski, off Eastport, Maine, 10 May 1866.

Branch: U.S. Navy Conflict: Noncombat Year of Action: 1866

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Henry Nehemiah NickersonU.S. NavyConflict: Veracruz Expedition

Edward Maddin (Madden, Edward)U.S. NavyConflict: Noncombat

Charles Church RobertsU.S. NavyConflict: Noncombat

Emile LejeuneU.S. NavyConflict: Noncombat

Patrick ReidU.S. NavyConflict: Noncombat

William Rees RushU.S. NavyConflict: Veracruz Expedition

Henry Peter RussellU.S. NavyConflict: Spanish American War

John Phillip RilleyU.S. NavyConflict: Spanish American War

George MahoneyU.S. NavyConflict: Spanish American War

George Frederick PhillipsU.S. NavyConflict: Spanish American War

Thomas MitchellU.S. NavyConflict: Noncombat

Johannes Rouning (Johannes Ronning)U.S. NavyConflict: Noncombat

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