Years of service 1897 - 1905 Name Joseph Quick | Rank Coxswain Role Coxswain | |
Battles/wars Philippine-American WarBoxer Rebellion Died August 31, 1939, Cornwall, United Kingdom Battles and wars | ||
Joseph Quick (1877 – April 27, 1969) was a United States Navy coxswain who received the Medal of Honor for rescuing his USS Yorktown shipmate, Machinist's Mate Second Class Walenty Wisnieroski, from drowning on April 27, 1902 in port in Yokohama, Japan.
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Biography
Joseph Quick was born in 1877 in New York City. He joined the Navy from Yokohama in 1897 and retired in 1905.
He died in 1969 and is buried in The Evergreens Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York. His grave can be found at Main Section lot 773.
Medal of Honor citation
Rank and organization: Coxwain, U.S. Navy. Place and date: Yokohama, Japan, April 27, 1902. Entered service at: New York. Birth: New York. G.O. No.: 93, July 7, 1902.
Citation:
For heroism in rescuing Walenty Wisnieroski, Machinist Second Class, from drowning at Yokohama, Japan, 27 April 1902, while serving on board the U.S.S. Yorktown.