Louis Williams-Brooklyn, NY
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Double Peacetime Medal of Honor Recipient. The first award was for action on board the USS Lackawanna at Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii on March 16, 1883. The second award was for action on board the USS Lackawanna in Callao, Peru on June 13, 1884.His original name is Ludwig Andreas Olsen. He is buried in Cypress Hills National Cemetery, Brooklyn, NY in Section 6, Site 12616.
Waymark Code: WMY0VT
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 03/29/2018
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He was born in 1845 in Oslo, Norway and died on February 20, 1886. His double Medal of Honor information and citation is: WILLIAMS, LOUIS
• Rank and organization: Captain of the Hold, U.S. Navy
• Accredited to: California
• G.O. No.: 326, 18 October 1884 Second award
Citation: For jumping overboard from the U.S.S Lackawanna, 16 March 1883, at Honolulu, T.H., and rescuing from drowning Thomas Moran, landsman.
SECOND AWARD - Citation: Serving on board the U.S.S. Lackawanna, Williams rescued from drowning William Cruise, who had fallen overboard at Callao Peru, 13 June 1884.
Armed Service: Navy
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