Denham, Austin - The National Medal of Honor Museum

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U.S. Navy

Denham, Austin

Year of Action1872

Unit/CommandUSS Kansas

Citation

On board the USS Kansas near Greytown, Nicaragua, 12 April 1872. Displaying great coolness and self-possession at the time Comdr. A. F. Crosman and others were drowned, Denham, by heroism and personal exertion, prevented greater loss of life.

Branch: U.S. Navy Year of Action: 1872

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Taylor, ThomasU.S. NavyConflict: Civil War

Williams, Jack -U.S. NavyConflict: World War II

Caron, Wayne MauriceU.S. NavyConflict: Vietnam War

Bush, Robert EugeneU.S. NavyConflict: World War II

Sullivan, JohnU.S. NavyConflict: Civil War

Thielberg, HenryU.S. NavyConflict: Civil War

Williams, RobertU.S. NavyConflict: Civil War

Angling, JohnU.S. NavyConflict: Civil War

Street III, George LevickU.S. NavyConflict: World War II

Talbott, WilliamU.S. NavyConflict: Civil War

Hamilton, Thomas W.U.S. NavyConflict: Civil War

Elliott, Middleton StuartU.S. NavyConflict:

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