John O'Neal (Medal of Honor)
John O'Neal | |
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Born | 1841 Ireland |
Allegiance | United States of America |
Service/ | United States Navy |
Rank | Boatswain's Mate |
Unit | USS Kansas |
Awards | Medal of Honor |
John O'Neal (1841—after 1872) was an Irish-born United States Navy sailor who received the Medal of Honor for heroism on April 12, 1872.
Medal of Honor citation[]
Serving on board the U.S.S. Kansas, O'Neal displayed great coolness and self-possession at the time Comdr. A. F. Crosman and others were drowned near Greytown, Nicaragua, 12 April 1872, and by personal exertion prevented greater loss of life.[1]
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- Irish-born Medal of Honor recipients
- 1841 births
- 19th-century Irish people
- Irish emigrants to the United States (before 1923)
- United States Navy sailors
- United States Navy Medal of Honor recipients
- Irish sailors in the United States Navy
- Non-combat recipients of the Medal of Honor
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