b. 04/11/1854 Ireland. d. 28/10/1929 Charlestown, Massachusetts.
DATE OF MOH ACTION: 13/03/1879 Port Mahon, Minorca, Spain.
Patrick J Kyle MOH
US Navy Peacetime Medal of Honor Recipient. A native of Ireland, he was issued the award for his actions as a landsman assigned to the Navy corvette USS Quinnebaug on March 13, 1879, near Port Mahon, Minorca, Spain. His Medal of Honor citation reads: “For rescuing from drowning a shipmate from the U.S.S. Quinnebaug, at Port Mahon, Minorca, 13 March 1879.”
MOH CITATION:
For rescuing from drowning a shipmate from the U.S.S. Quinnebaug, at Port Mahon, Minorca, 13 March 1879.
BURIAL LOCATION: MOUNT CALVARY CEMETERY, ROSLINDALE, MASSACHUSETTS.
SECTION 2, ROW 4, GRAVE 10.
LOCATION OF MEDAL: BELIEVED TO BE FAMILY.
