U.S. Navy
Troy, JeremiahConflictNoncombat
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.
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