U.S. Navy
O'Neal, JohnConflictNoncombat
Year of Action1872
Unit/CommandUSS Kansas
Citation
Serving on board the USS Kansas, O’Neal 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 personal exertion prevented greater loss of life.
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