| 词条 | Adam Weissel |
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|name = Adam Weissel |image = |caption = |birth_date = 1854 |death_date = December 10, {{Death year and age|1928|1854}} |birth_place = Germany |death_place = |placeofburial = Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland, California |placeofburial_label = Place of burial |placeofburial_coordinates = |allegiance = United States of America |branch = United States Navy |serviceyears = |rank = Ship's Cook |unit = {{USS|Minnesota|1855|6}} |battles = |awards = Medal of Honor }} Adam Weissel (1854 – December 10, 1928) was a United States Navy sailor and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor. BiographyBorn in 1854 in Germany, Weissel immigrated to the United States and joined the Navy from New York. By August 26, 1881, he was serving as a ship's cook on the training ship {{USS|Minnesota|1855|6}}. On that day, while Minnesota was at Newport, Rhode Island, Captain of the Forecastle C. Lorenze fell overboard. Weissel jumped into the water and kept him afloat until they were picked up by one of the ship's small boats. For this action, he was awarded the Medal of Honor three years later, on October 18, 1884. Weissel's official Medal of Honor citation reads: For jumping overboard from the U.S. Training Ship Minnesota, at Newport, R.I., 26 August 1881, and sustaining until picked up by a boat from the ship, C. Lorenze, captain of the forecastle, who had fallen overboard. In 1884, Weissel served as cook on the British ship {{HMS|Alert|1856|2}} when it took part in the Arctic rescue of Adolphus Greely and his Lady Franklin Bay Expedition.[3] Weissel died on December 10, 1928, at age 73 or 74 and was buried at Mountain View Cemetery in Oakland, California.[4] See also{{Portal|Biography|United States Navy}}
References1. ^1 {{Cite book |last = Schley |first = Winfield Scott |authorlink = Winfield Scott Schley |title = Report of Winfield S. Schley: Commander, U. S. Navy, commanding Greely relief expedition of 1884 |publisher = United States Government Printing Office |year = 1887 |location = Washington, D.C. |page = 19 |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=H4PmAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA19}} [1][2]2. ^1 {{Find a Grave|16699944|date=November 18, 2006|work=Claim to Fame: Medal of Honor recipients|accessdate=September 5, 2010}} }} External links
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