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U.S. Navy
Elmore, Walter
Elmore, Walter
Year of Action1878
Unit/CommandUSS Gettysburg
Citation

On board the USS Gettysburg; for jumping overboard and saving from drowning Wallace Febrey, landsman, while that vessel was under way at sea in latitude 36 degrees 58 minutes north, longitude 3 degrees 44 minutes east, 1 October 1878.

Branch: U.S. NavyYear of Action: 1878

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