James F. Sullivan-Lowell, MA
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Don.Morfe
N 42° 37.218 W 071° 18.402
19T E 310826 N 4721230
Peacetime Medal of Honor Recipient for action on the U.S. Training Ship New Hampshire at Newport RI on April 21, 1882. His true name is Michael J. Garvey.
He is buried in Saint Patrick Cemetery, Lowell, MA in Yard 6, Range 34, Lot 34.
Waymark Code: WMY0NM
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 03/28/2018
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He was born in 1857 in Lowell, MA and died on March 17, 1917 in Lowell, MA. His Medal of Honor information and citation is: SULLIVAN, JAMES F.
• Rank and organization: Boatswain's Mate, U.S. Navy
• Accredited to: Massachusetts
• G.O. No.: 326, 18 October 1884
Citation: For jumping overboard from the U.S. Training Ship New Hampshire, at Newport, R.I., 21 April 1882, and rescuing from drowning Francis T. Price, third class boy.
Armed Service: Navy
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