b. 18/10/1872 Cleveland, Ohio.  d. 12/10/1914 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.

 

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.

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