Barnett Kenna AKA Barnett Kennea-Gloucester, MA
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Don.Morfe
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Civil War Medal of Honor Recipient for action on board the USS Brooklyn against the rebel forts and the ram Tennessee in Mobile Bay on August 5, 1864. He served in the military as Barnett Kenna and his burial name is Barnett Kennea. He is buried in Cherry Hill Cemetery, Gloucester, MA in GAR Plot, Section C, Lot 155.
Waymark Code: WMZCR3
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 10/20/2018
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He was born in1827 in Canterbury, England and died on May 28, 1890 in Gloucester, MA. His Medal of Honor information and citation is: KENNA, BARNETT
• Rank and organization: Quartermaster, U.S. Navy
• Accredited to: Massachusetts
• G.O. No.: 45, 31 December 1864
Citation: On board the U.S.S. Brooklyn during action against rebel forts and gunboats and with the ram Tennessee, in Mobile Bay, 5 August 1864. Despite severe damage to his ship and the loss of several men on board as enemy fire raked her decks from stem to stern Kenna fought his gun with skill and courage throughout the furious action which resulted in the surrender of the rebel ram Tennessee and in the damaging and destruction of batteries at Fort Morgan.
Armed Service: Navy
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