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U.S. Navy · United States 
John O'Neal
1841
John O'Neal served the U.S. Navy.
Service Record
U.S. Navy
Medal of Honor
12 April 1872 · USS Kansas, Greytown, Nicaragua · Boatswain's Mate, U.S. Navy.
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.
176, 9 July 1872.
Awards & Decorations
1
For valor
Medal of Honor - Navy
176, 9 July 1872.
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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