U.S. Navy
Weissel, AdamConflictNoncombat
Year of Action1881
Unit/CommandU.S. Training Ship Minnesota,
Citation
For jumping overboard from the U.S. Training Ship Minnesota, at Newport, R.l., 26 August 1881, and sustaining until picked up by a boat from the ship, C. Lorenze, captain of the forecastle, who had fallen overboard.
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