BOERS, EDWARD WILLIAM; Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient PEACE TIME HEROISM
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BOERS, EDWARD WILLIAM; Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient PEACE TIME HEROISM
BOERS, EDWARD WILLIAM
Rank and organization: Seaman, U.S. Navy. Born: 10 March 1884, Cincinnati, Ohio. Accredited to: Kentucky. G.O. No.: 13, 5 January 1906. Citation: On board the U.S.S. Bennington, 21 July 1905. Following the explosion of a boiler of that vessel, Boers displayed extraordinary heroism in the resulting action.
Source: http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/moh1.htm
BURIAL INFORMATION
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio
Cemetery: Vine Street Hill Cemetery
Born: 1884 Cincinnati, OH
Died: 1929
Source, additional information and cemetery monument photo:
http://www.homeofheroes.com/gravesites/states/pages_af/boers...
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Rank and organization: Seaman, U.S. Navy. Born: 10 March 1884, Cincinnati, Ohio. Accredited to: Kentucky. G.O. No.: 13, 5 January 1906. Citation: On board the U.S.S. Bennington, 21 July 1905. Following the explosion of a boiler of that vessel, Boers displayed extraordinary heroism in the resulting action.
Source: http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/moh1.htm
BURIAL INFORMATION
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio
Cemetery: Vine Street Hill Cemetery
Born: 1884 Cincinnati, OH
Died: 1929
Source, additional information and cemetery monument photo:
http://www.homeofheroes.com/gravesites/states/pages_af/boers...
Note: This is not my ancestry. I have NO additional information. I am just passing along information that may be useful.
* Feel free to pass this on to other appropriate resources.