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JAMES FRANCIS O'CONNER

JAMES FRANCIS O'CONNER
Details
  • Rank: LANDSMAN ENGINEER'S FORCE
  • Conflict/Era: INTERIM 1871 - 1899
  • Unit/Command: U.S.S. JEAN SANDS
  • Military Service Branch: U.S. NAVY
  • Medal of Honor Action Date: JUNE 15, 1880
  • Medal of Honor Action Action Place: OPPOSITE THE NAVY YARD, NORFOLK, VIRGINIA, USA

Additional Details:

Accredited to: VIRGINIA

Awarded PostHumously: NO

Presentation Date & Details:

Born:
NOVEMBER 28, 1861, PORTSMOUTH, PORTSMOUTH COUNTY, VA, UNITED STATES

Died:
SEPTEMBER 17, 1940, PORTSMOUTH, VA, UNITED STATES

Buried:
OAK GROVE CEMETERY (MH) (I-824) , PORTSMOUTH, VA, UNITED STATES

For jumping overboard from the U.S.S. Jean Sands, opposite the Norfolk Navy Yard, on the night of 15 June 1880, and rescuing from drowning a young girl who had fallen overboard.