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U.S. Navy · United States 
John Taylor
John Taylor served the U.S. Navy.
Service Record
U.S. Navy
Medal of Honor
9 September 1865 · Navy Yard, New York · Seaman, U.S. Navy. Biography not available.
Seaman in charge of the picket boat attached to the Navy Yard, New York, 9 September 1865. Acting with promptness, coolness and good judgment, Taylor rescued from drowning Commander S. D. Trenchard, of the U.S. Navy, who fell overboard in attempting to get on a ferryboat, which had collided with an English steamer, and needed immediate assistance.
71, 15 January 1866.
Awards & Decorations
1
For valor
Medal of Honor - Navy
71, 15 January 1866.
Seaman in charge of the picket boat attached to the Navy Yard, New York, 9 September 1865. Acting with promptness, coolness and good judgment, Taylor rescued from drowning Commander S. D. Trenchard, of the U.S. Navy, who fell overboard in attempting to get on a ferryboat, which had collided with an English steamer, and needed immediate assistance.
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