Adam Weissel-Oakland, CA
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Don.Morfe
N 37° 49.962 W 122° 14.388
10S E 566895 N 4187525
Peacetime Medal of Honor Recipient for action on board the U.S. Training Ship Minnesota at Newport RI on August 26, 1881. He is buried in Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland, CA in Section 45, Grave 3089.
Waymark Code: WMY0VJ
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 03/29/2018
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He was born in 1854 in Germany and died on December 10, 1928 in Berkeley, CA. His Medal of Honor information and citation is: WEISSEL, ADAM
• Rank and organization: Ship's Cook, U.S. Navy
• Accredited to: New York
• G.O. No.: 326, 18 October 1884
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.
Armed Service: Navy
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