U.S. Navy
William Sidney Shacklette
ConflictNoncombat
Year of Action1905
Unit/CommandUSS Bennington (Gunboat No. 4)
BirthplaceDelaplane, Virginia
Citation
For extraordinary heroism while serving on the USS Bennington at the time of the explosion of a boiler of that vessel at San Diego, Calif., 21 July 1905.
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