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U.S. Navy

George Cregan

ConflictVeracruz Expedition

RankCommander

Year of Action1914

Unit/CommandUSS Florida (BB-30)

BirthplaceNew York, New York

Citation

On board the USS Florida, for extraordinary heroism in the line of his profession during the seizure of Vera Cruz, Mexico, 21 April 1914. Cregan was ashore when he volunteered for an assault detail under Ens. George Maus Lowry on the Vera Cruz Customhouse under enemy fire both in the alley between the customhouse and warehouse and the assault over objective’s walls. During the move up the alley, he tended a wounded comrade, J. F. Schumaker, holding a compress with one hand and firing with the other.

Branch: U.S. Navy Conflict: Veracruz Expedition Year of Action: 1914