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Name
  
Thomas Lakin

Awards
  
Medal of Honor

Unit
  
USS Narragansett

Rank
  
Seaman



Allegiance
  
United States of America

Service/branch
  
United States Navy

Thomas Lakin (born 1840, date of death unknown) was a United States Navy sailor and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor.

Biography

Born in 1840 in New York, Lakin joined the Navy from that state. By November 1874, he was serving as a seaman on the USS Narragansett. During that month, while Narragansett was at the Mare Island Naval Shipyard in California, he jumped overboard and rescued two shipmates from drowning. For this action, he was awarded the Medal of Honor.

Lakin's official Medal of Honor citation reads:

Serving on board the U.S.S. Narragansett at the Navy Yard, Mare Island, Calif., November 1874, jumping overboard, Lakin displayed gallant conduct by rescuing 2 men of that ship from drowning.

References

Thomas Lakin Wikipedia