Awards Medal of Honor Rank Boatswain's mate Allegiance United States of America | Award Medal of Honor Service/branch United States Navy | |
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John O'Neal (born 1841) a native of Ireland, was a United States Navy sailor who received the Medal of Honor for heroism on April 12, 1872.
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Medal of Honor citation
Serving on board the U.S.S. Kansas, O'Neal displayed great coolness and self-possession at the time Comdr. A. F. Crosman and others were drowned near Greytown, Nicaragua, 12 April 1872, and by personal exertion prevented greater loss of life.
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