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U.S. Navy

James Francis O'Conner (O'Connor, James Francis)

ConflictNoncombat

Year of Action1880

Unit/CommandUSS Jean Sands

BirthplacePortsmouth, Virginia

Citation

For jumping overboard from the USS Jean Sands, opposite the Norfolk Navy Yard, on the night of 15 June 1880, and rescuing from drowning a young girl who had fallen overboard.

Branch: U.S. Navy Conflict: Noncombat Year of Action: 1880

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Middleton Stuart ElliottU.S. NavyConflict: Veracruz Expedition

George HoltU.S. NavyConflict: Noncombat

Charles Giddings (Gidding, Charles)U.S. NavyConflict: Noncombat

Frederick Thomas FisherU.S. NavyConflict: Samoan Conflict

Philip Bogan KeeferU.S. NavyConflict: Spanish American War

William HalfordU.S. NavyConflict: Noncombat

Abraham DesomerU.S. NavyConflict: Veracruz Expedition

Frank Jack FletcherU.S. NavyConflict: Veracruz Expedition

Charles Conway HartiganU.S. NavyConflict: Veracruz Expedition

Edward FloydU.S. NavyConflict: Noncombat

Henry A. EilersU.S. NavyConflict: Noncombat

Michael GibbonsU.S. NavyConflict: Spanish American War

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