U.S. Navy
Matthew Gillick
ConflictNoncombat
Year of Action1883
Unit/CommandUSS Lancaster
BirthplaceProvidence, Rhode Island
Citation
Serving on board the USS Lancaster at Marseille, France, 20 November 1883. Jumping overboard from the Lancaster, Gillick rescued from drowning a French lad who had fallen into the sea from a stone pier astern of the ship.
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