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U.S. Navy

Robert Augustus Sweeney

RankOrdinary Seaman

Year of Action1881

Unit/CommandUSS Kearsarge

BirthplaceMontserrat

Citation

First Award: Serving on board the USS Kearsarge, at Hampton Roads, Va., 26 October 1881, Sweeney jumped overboard and assisted in saving from drowning a shipmate who had fallen overboard into a strongly running tide.

Branch: U.S. Navy Year of Action: 1881

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Harry C. BeasleyU.S. NavyConflict: Veracruz Expedition

David Duffy BarrowU.S. NavyConflict: Spanish American War

Benjamin F. BakerU.S. NavyConflict: Spanish American War

Robert Edward CoxU.S. NavyConflict: Noncombat

Heinrich BehnkeU.S. NavyConflict: Noncombat

Frederick BehneU.S. NavyConflict: Noncombat

Daniel AtkinsU.S. NavyConflict: Noncombat

John Purness ChathamU.S. NavyConflict: China Relief Expedition (Boxer Rebellion)

Charles Francis BishopU.S. NavyConflict: Veracruz Expedition

Raymond Erwin DavisU.S. NavyConflict: Noncombat

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