Patrick J. Kyle
Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Patrick J. Kyle (November 4, 1854 – October 28, 1929) was a United States Navy sailor and a recipient of America's highest military decoration—the Medal of Honor
He enlisted in the U.S. Navy from Massachusetts and, while serving as a crewmember of Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities"., saved a shipmate from drowning at Mahón, Menorca, Spain on March 13, 1879. For his conduct on this occasion, he was awarded the Medal of Honor.
Kyle died at age 74, and was interred in New Calvary Cemetery, Mattapan, Massachusetts.
Medal of Honor citation
Rank and organization: Landsman, U.S. Navy. Born: 1855, Ireland. Accredited to: Massachusetts.
Citation:
For rescuing from drowning a shipmate from the U.S.S. Quinnebaug, at Port Mahon, Menorca, 13 March 1879.
See also
Script error: No such module "Portal".
References
- Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- Pages with script errors
- 1854 births
- 1929 deaths
- Irish emigrants to the United States
- United States Navy Medal of Honor recipients
- Military personnel from Boston
- United States Navy sailors
- Irish-born Medal of Honor recipients
- Irish sailors in the United States Navy
- Non-combat recipients of the Medal of Honor
- Catholics from Massachusetts