Axel Sundquist-Newport, RI
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Don.Morfe
N 41° 29.826 W 071° 19.044
19T E 306568 N 4596534
Spanish-American War Medal of Honor Recipient for action on board the USS Marblehead at Caimanera, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba on July 26-27, 1898. He is buried in Braman Cemetery, Newport, RI.
Waymark Code: WMY3CR
Location: Rhode Island, United States
Date Posted: 04/12/2018
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He was born on May 26, 1867 in Finland and died on December 22, 1910 on board the USS Alliance in Culebra, Puerto Rico. His Medal of Honor information and citation is: SUNDQUIST, AXEL
• Rank and organization: Chief Carpenter's Mate, U.S. Navy
• Accredited to: Pennsylvania
• G.O. No.: 500, 19 December 1898
Citation: On board the U.S.S. Marblehead at the approaches to Caimanera, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, 26 and 27 July 1898. Displaying heroism, Sundquist took part in the perilous work of sweeping for and disabling 27 contact mines during this period.
Armed Service: Navy
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