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U.S. Marine Corps

John Morris

ConflictNoncombat

Year of Action1881 - 1879

Unit/CommandUSS Lancaster

BirthplaceNew York

Citation

For leaping overboard from the U.S. Flagship Lancaster, at Villefranche, France, 25 December 1881, and rescuing from drowning Robert Blizzard, ordinary seaman, a prisoner, who had jumped overboard.

Branch: U.S. Marine Corps Conflict: Noncombat Year of Action: 1881 - 1879

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Michael KearneyU.S. Marine CorpsConflict: Spanish American War

Jason L. DunhamU.S. Marine CorpsConflict: Global War on Terrorism (Iraq)

Harry Fisher (Phillips, Franklin J.)U.S. Marine CorpsConflict: China Relief Expedition (Boxer Rebellion)

Thomas Wilbur KatesU.S. Marine CorpsConflict: China Relief Expedition (Boxer Rebellion)

Henry William HeischU.S. Marine CorpsConflict: China Relief Expedition (Boxer Rebellion)

Oscar Wadsworth FieldU.S. Marine CorpsConflict: Spanish American War

William Kyle Carpenter (M)U.S. Marine CorpsConflict: Global War on Terrorism (Afghanistan)

Albertus Wright CatlinU.S. Marine CorpsConflict: Veracruz Expedition

Randolph Carter BerkeleyU.S. Marine CorpsConflict: Veracruz Expedition

James BurnesU.S. Marine CorpsConflict: China Relief Expedition (Boxer Rebellion)

Albert Ralph CampbellU.S. Marine CorpsConflict: China Relief Expedition (Boxer Rebellion)

Edwin Nelson AppletonU.S. Marine CorpsConflict: China Relief Expedition (Boxer Rebellion)

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