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U.S. Navy · United States 
Adam Weissel
1854 – 1928
Adam Weissel served the U.S. Navy. Adam was 74 years old.
Service Record
U.S. Navy
Medal of Honor
26 August 1881 · U.S. Training Ship Minnesota, Newport, R.l. · Ship's Cook, U.S. Navy.
For jumping overboard from the U.S. Training Ship Minnesota, at Newport, R.l., 26 August 1881, and sustaining until picked up by a boat from the ship, C. Lorenze, captain of the forecastle, who had fallen overboard.
326, 18 October 1884.
Awards & Decorations
1
For valor
Medal of Honor - Navy
326, 18 October 1884.
For jumping overboard from the U.S. Training Ship Minnesota, at Newport, R.l., 26 August 1881, and sustaining until picked up by a boat from the ship, C. Lorenze, captain of the forecastle, who had fallen overboard.
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