U.S. Navy
Hill, William LowellRankChief Boatswain's Mate
Year of Action1881
Unit/CommandU.S. Training Ship Minnesota,
HometownBrooklyn, New York
Citation
Serving on board the U.S. Training Ship Minnesota at Newport, R.I., 22 June 1881, Hill jumped overboard and sustained William Mulcahy, third class boy, who had fallen overboard, until picked up by a steam launch.
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