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U.S. Navy

Michael Deneef

ConflictNoncombat

Year of Action1875

Unit/CommandUSS Swatara

BirthplaceMassachusetts

Citation

On board the USS Swatara at Para, Brazil, 1 December 1875. Displaying gallant conduct, Deneef jumped overboard and rescued one of the crew of that vessel from drowning.

Branch: U.S. Navy Conflict: Noncombat Year of Action: 1875

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Henry ThompsonU.S. NavyConflict: Noncombat

Jeremiah TroyU.S. NavyConflict: Noncombat

William Ellsworth SnyderU.S. NavyConflict: Noncombat

James M. Trout (Joseph M. Trout)U.S. NavyConflict: Noncombat

John Duncan BulkeleyU.S. NavyConflict: World War II

Michael WalshU.S. NavyConflict: Noncombat

James A. SmithU.S. NavyConflict: China Relief Expedition (Boxer Rebellion)

Axel Leohard SundquistU.S. NavyConflict: Spanish American War

Theodore Stark Wilkinson Jr.U.S. NavyConflict: Veracruz Expedition

James Aloysius WalshU.S. NavyConflict: Veracruz Expedition

Telesforo De La Cruz TrinidadU.S. NavyConflict: Noncombat

Michael ThorntonU.S. NavyConflict: Noncombat

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