William Sweeney
Peacetime
Landsman, Engineer’s Force, U.S. Navy. Awarded for actions near Norfolk, VA.
June 15, 1880
Landsman, Engineer’s Force, U.S. Navy. Awarded for actions near Norfolk, VA.
June 15, 1880
Born 1856, Boston, MA.
Citation: For jumping overboard from the USS Jean Sands, opposite the Navy Yard, Norfolk, VA, on the night of 15 June 1880, and rescuing from drowning a young girl who had fallen overboard.
