John Morris

1855

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John Morris served the U.S. Marine Corps.

Service Record

U.S. Marine Corps

Medal of Honor

25 December 1881 · U.S. Flagship Lancaster, Villefranche, France · Corporal, U.S. Marine Corps.

For leaping overboard from the U.S. Flagship Lancaster, at Villefranche, France, 25 December 1881, and rescuing from drowning Robert Blizzard, ordinary seaman, a prisoner, who had jumped overboard.

326, 18 October 1884.

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Medal of Honor - Navy December 25, 1881 · U.S. Flagship Lancaster, Villefranche, France · Corporal, U.S. Marine Corps. 326, 18 October 1884.

For leaping overboard from the U.S. Flagship Lancaster, at Villefranche, France, 25 December 1881, and rescuing from drowning Robert Blizzard, ordinary seaman, a prisoner, who had jumped overboard.

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