Interim Medal of Honor Recipient. He was born in Lynn, Massachusetts and served as a Landsman, U.S. Navy. While on board the U.S.S. Ranger off Ensenada, Mexico, on January 18, 1886, he jumped overboard from that vessel and rescued two fellow seaman from drowning.
Interim Medal of Honor Recipient. He was born in Lynn, Massachusetts and served as a Landsman, U.S. Navy. While on board the U.S.S. Ranger off Ensenada, Mexico, on January 18, 1886, he jumped overboard from that vessel and rescued two fellow seaman from drowning.
Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith
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JOHN ENRIGHT
U.S.S. Albatross
Native of Brooklyn N.Y.
Aged 26 years
Drowned while endeavouring
to save life Dec. 23. 1889
Erected to his Memory
by. S.S. Sailors Pro. Union
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