Medal of Honor Recipients

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May 14, 2005

Medal of Honor Recipient: Boatswain's Mate Second Class Henry Nehemiah Nickerson

Rank and organization: Boatswain's Mate Second Class, U.S. Navy U.S.S. Utah. Place and date: Vera Cruz, Mexico, 21 April 1914. Entered service at: West Virginia. Birth: Edgewood, W. Va.

Citation: On board the U.S.S. Utah, Nickerson showed extraordinary heroism in the line of his profession during the seizure of Vera Cruz, Mexico, 21 April 1914

posted by Poison Pero | 5/14/2005

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