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U.S. Navy

Isaac L. Fasseur

ConflictNoncombat

Year of Action1884

Unit/CommandUSS Lackawanna

BirthplaceFlushing

Citation

Serving on board the USS Lackawanna, 13 June 1884, at Callao, Peru, Fasseur rescued William Cruise, who had fallen overboard, from drowning.

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