U.S. Navy
Michael Thornton
ConflictNoncombat
Year of Action1881
Unit/CommandUSS Leyden
Citation
For jumping overboard from the U.S. Tug Leyden, near Boston, Mass., 26 August 1881, and sustaining until picked up, Michael Drennan, landsman, who had jumped overboard while temporarily insane.
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