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U.S. Navy

John O'Neal

ConflictNoncombat

Year of Action1872

Unit/CommandUSS Kansas

Citation

Serving on board the USS Kansas, O’Neal displayed great coolness and self-possession at the time Comdr. A. F. Crosman and others were drowned near Greytown, Nicaragua, 12 April 1872, and by personal exertion prevented greater loss of life.

Branch: U.S. Navy Conflict: Noncombat Year of Action: 1872

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