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U.S. Navy

Joseph B. Noil

ConflictNoncombat

Year of Action1872

Unit/CommandUSS Powhatan

Citation

Serving on board the USS Powhatan at Norfolk, 26 December 1872, Noil saved Boatswain J. C. Walton from drowning.

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