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U.S. Navy

Jeremiah Troy

ConflictNoncombat

Year of Action1882

Unit/CommandUSS New Hampshire

BirthplaceNew York, New York

Citation

For jumping overboard from the U.S. Training Ship New Hampshire, at Newport, R.I., 21 April 1882, and rescuing from drowning Francis T. Price, third class boy.

Branch: U.S. Navy Conflict: Noncombat Year of Action: 1882

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Matthew McClellandU.S. NavyConflict: Civil War

Donald Arthur GaryU.S. NavyConflict: World War II

James Byrnes (James Fisher)U.S. NavyConflict: Civil War

Thomas E. AtkinsonU.S. NavyConflict: Civil War

Edmund HaffeeU.S. NavyConflict: Civil War

David L. BassU.S. NavyConflict: Civil War

Michael AheamU.S. NavyConflict: Civil War

Edouard Victor Michel IzacU.S. NavyConflict: World War I

Robert Graham (Hall, Frederick, reenlisted U.S. Marine Corps 1881)U.S. NavyConflict: Civil War

John HayesU.S. NavyConflict: Civil War

Robert Henry KingU.S. NavyConflict: Civil War

William Edward HallU.S. NavyConflict: World War II

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