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U.S. Navy

James Aloysius Walsh

ConflictVeracruz Expedition

Year of Action1914

Unit/CommandUSS Florida (BB-30)

BirthplaceNew York, New York

Citation

On board the USS Florida; for extraordinary heroism in the line of his profession during the seizure of Vera Cruz Mexico, 21 and 22 April 1914.

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