Joseph Quick-Brooklyn, NY
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Don.Morfe
N 40° 41.274 W 073° 53.664
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Peacetime Medal of Honor Recipient for action on board the USS Yorktown on April 27, 1902. He is buried in The Evergreens Cemetery, Brooklyn, NY in the Nain Section, Lot 773.
Waymark Code: WMXWD8
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 03/07/2018
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He was born on February 26, 1877 in Manhattan, NY and died on June 27, 1969 in Tampa, FL. His Medal of Honor information and citation is: QUICK, JOSEPH
• Rank and organization: Coxwain, U.S. Navy
• Place and date: Yokohama, Japan, 27 April 1902
• Entered service at: New York
• G.O. No.: 93, 7 July 1902
Citation: For heroism in rescuing Walenty Wisnieroski, Machinist Second Class, from drowning at Yokohama, Japan, 27 April 1902, while serving on board the U.S.S. Yorktown.
Armed Service: Navy
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