Wyndham Richard Bates-Brooklyn, NY
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Don.Morfe
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Peacetime Medal of Honor Recipient for action off Eastport, ME on May 10, 1866. He is buried in Cypress Hills National Cemetery, Brooklyn NY in Section 2-4889.
Waymark Code: WMYK9N
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 06/24/2018
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He was born in 1829 in Wales and died on December 7, 1889 in Brooklyn, NY. His Medal of Honor information and citation is: BATES, RICHARD
• Rank and organization: Seaman, U.S. Navy
• Accredited to: New York
• G.O. No.: 77, 1 August 1866
Citation: For heroic conduct in rescuing from drowning James Rose and John Russell, seamen of the U.S.S. Winooski, off Eastport, Maine, 10 May 1866.
Armed Service: Navy
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