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U.S. Navy · United States 
Richard Pile
1849
Richard Pile served the U.S. Navy.
Service Record
U.S. Navy
Medal of Honor
12 April 1872 · USS Kansas, Greytown, Nicaragua · Ordinary Seaman, U.S. Navy.
Serving on board the U.S.S. Kansas, Pile 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 his extraordinary heroism and personal exertion prevented greater loss of
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, Pile 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 his extraordinary heroism and personal exertion prevented greater loss of
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