Navy Medal of Honor: Korea 1871
These individuals earned the Navy
Medal of Honor during the period specified. Their names are followed by
their rank and rate, if known, the date of the action and the vessel or
unit on which they served.
| U.S. Navy Recipients |
| ANDREWS, JOHN, Ordinary Seaman, U.S. Navy., USS Benicia, Korean forts
on 9 and 10 June 1871 |
|
FRANKLIN, FREDERICK, Quartermaster, U.S. Navy., USS Colorado, Korean forts,
11 June 1871 |
|
GRACE, PATRICK H., Chief Quartermaster, U.S. Navy., USS Benicia, Korean
forts, 10 and 11 June 1871 |
|
HAYDEN, CYRUS, Carpenter, U.S. Navy., USS Colorado, Korean forts, 11 June
1871 |
|
LUKES, WILLIAM F., Landsman, U.S. Navy., Korean forts, 9 and 10 June 1871 |
|
McKENZlE, ALEXANDER, Boatswain's Mate, U.S. Navy., USS Colorado, Korean
forts, 11 June 1871 |
|
MERTON, JAMES F., Landsman, U.S. Navy., Korean forts, 9 and 10 June 1871 |
|
ROGERS, SAMUEL F., Quartermaster, U.S. Navy., USS Colorado, Korean forts,
11 June 1871 |
|
TROY, WILLIAM, Ordinary Seaman, U.S. Navy., USS Colorado, Korean forts,
11 June 1871 |
| U.S. Marine Corps Recipients |
| BROWN, CHARLES, Corporal, U.S. Marine Corps., USS Colorado in action
against a Korean fort on 11 June 1871 |
|
COLEMAN, JOHN, Private, U.S. Marine Corps., USS Colorado in action at Korea
on 11 June 1871 |
|
DOUGHERTY, JAMES, Private, U.S. Marine Corps., USS Carondelet , June 1871 |
|
McNAMARA, MICHAEL, Private, U.S. Marine Corps., USS Benicia, Korean forts,
11 June 1871. |
|
OWENS, MICHAEL, Private, U.S. Marine Corps., USS Colorado during the capture
of Korean forts, 11 June 1871 |
|
PURVIS, HUGH, Private, U.S. Marine Corps., USS Alaska , Korean forts, 11
June 1871 |
14 April 1997
Back to Medal of Honor Page
|