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William Sadler

Peacetime
Captain of the Top, USS Saratoga, U.S. Navy. Awarded for actions off Coasters Harbor Island, R.I.
June 25, 1881

Born Boston, MA.

Citation: For jumping overboard from the USS Saratoga, off Coasters Harbor Island, R.I., 25 June 1881, and sustaining until picked up by a boat from the ship, Frank Gallagher, second class boy, who had fallen overboard.