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U.S. Navy

John McCarton

ConflictNoncombat

Year of Action1882

Unit/CommandU.S. Training Ship New Hampshire,

BirthplaceBrooklyn, New York

Citation

For jumping overboard from the U.S. Training Ship New Hampshire off Coasters Harbor Island, near Newport, R.l., 4 January 1882, and endeavoring to rescue Jabez Smith, second class musician, from drowning.

Branch: U.S. Navy Conflict: Noncombat Year of Action: 1882

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Thomas G. LyonsU.S. NavyConflict: Civil War

Oscar Verner PetersonU.S. NavyConflict: World War II

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