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U.S. Navy

Michael Walsh

ConflictNoncombat

Year of Action1903

Unit/CommandUSS Leyden

BirthplaceNewport, Rhode Island

Citation

Serving on board the USS Leyden; for heroism at the time of the wreck of that vessel, 21 January 1903.

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