Medal of Honor Recipients

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February 28, 2006

Medal of Honor Recipient: First Class Fireman John Laverty

Rank and organization: First Class Fireman, U.S. Navy. Born: 1849, Ireland. Accredited to: California. G.O. No.: 326, 18 October 1884.

Citation: Serving on board the U.S.S. Alaska at Callao Bay, Peru, 14 September 1881. Following the rupture of the stop-valve chamber on that vessel, Laverty hauled the fires from under the boiler.

posted by Poison Pero | 2/28/2006