b. 18/10/1872 Cleveland, Ohio. d. 12/10/1914 San Raphael, California.
DATE OF MOH ACTION: 21/07/1905 San Diego, California.
Peacetime Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He entered the US Navy in California and served as a Carpenter’s Mate Second Class. Buried as George F Rock due to a clerical error by the coroner.
MOH CITATION:
Serving on board the USS Bennington for extra ordinary heroism displayed at the time of the explosion of that vessel at San Diego, Cal. 21 July 1905.
BURIAL LOCATION: SAN FRANCISCO NATIONAL CEMETERY, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.
SECTION WS SITE 129-A
LOCATION OF MEDAL: UNKNOWN.
