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U.S. Navy

Henry Simpson

ConflictNoncombat

Year of Action1877

Unit/CommandUSS Essex

Citation

For rescuing from drowning John W. Powers, ordinary seaman on board the USS Essex, at Monrovia, Liberia, 31 October 1877.

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