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Photographer: Don Morfe
Taken: June 22, 2009
Caption: Robert Penn - Medal of Honor
Additional Description: Robert Penn, Spanish American War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient, is buried in Eden Cemetery. His grave is in Tubman Section, Lot 155. GPS N39.9181 W75.2768. MEDAL OF HONOR CITATION: PENN, ROBERT Rank and organization: Fireman First Class, U.S. Navy. Born: 10 October 1872, City Point, Va. Accredited to: Virginia. G.O. No.: 501, 14 December 1898. Citation: On board the U.S.S. Iowa off Santiago de Cuba, 20 July 1898. Performing his duty at the risk of serious scalding at the time of the blowing out of the manhole gasket on board the vessel, Penn hauled the fire while standing on a board thrown across a coal bucket 1 foot above the boiling water which was still blowing from the boiler.
Submitted: January 17, 2013, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland.
Database Locator Identification Number: p231556
File Size: 1.551 Megabytes

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