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William Adolphus Crouse |
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Engagements: • Spanish-American War (1898) |
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William Adolphus Crouse Chief Commissary Steward, U.S. Navy Medal of Honor Recipient Spanish-American War Chief Commissary Steward William Adolphus Crouse (22 October 1866 - 27 June 1941) was a U.S. Navy sailor who received the U.S. military's highest award for valor, the Medal of Honor, for his heroic actions during the Spanish-American War. William Adolphus Crouse was born in Fannettsburg, PA, on 22 October 1866. Medal of Honor Rank and organization: Watertender, U.S. Navy Citation: On board the USS Concord off Cavite, Manila Bay, P.I., 21 May 1898. Following the blowing out of a lower manhole plate joint on boiler B of that vessel, Crouse hauled the fires in the hot, vapor-filled atmosphere which necessitated the playing of water into the fireroom from a hose. Chief Commissary Steward William Adolphus Crouse died on 27 June 1941. He is buried at Arlington Cemetery in Drexel Hill, PA, in Sunnyside Section, Lot P-15, Grave 7. |
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Honoree ID: 1870 | Created by: MHOH |