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U.S. Navy · United States 
William B. Stacy
1838 – 1921
William B. Stacy served the U.S. Navy. William was 83 years old.
Service Record
U.S. Navy
Medal of Honor
15 January 1866 · USS Rhode Island, Cape Haiten · Seaman, U.S. Navy.
While coaling ship in the harbor of Cape Haiten, one of the crew of the Rhode Island fell overboard, and, after catching a rope, had been forced by exhaustion, to relinquish his hold. Although the sea was running high at the time, Stacy, at the peril of his life, jumped overboard, secured the rope around his shipmate, and thus saved him from drowning
71, 15 January 1866.
Awards & Decorations
1
For valor
Medal of Honor - Navy
71, 15 January 1866.
While coaling ship in the harbor of Cape Haiten, one of the crew of the Rhode Island fell overboard, and, after catching a rope, had been forced by exhaustion, to relinquish his hold. Although the sea was running high at the time, Stacy, at the peril of his life, jumped overboard, secured the rope around his shipmate, and thus saved him from drowning
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