| 词条 | Walter Elmore |
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|name = Walter Elmore |image = |caption = |birth_date = 1857 |death_date = |birth_place = England |death_place = |placeofburial = |placeofburial_label = Place of burial |placeofburial_coordinates = |allegiance = United States of America |branch = United States Navy |serviceyears = |rank = Landsman |unit = {{USS|Gettysburg|1858|6}} |battles = |awards = Medal of Honor }} Walter Elmore (born 1857, date of death unknown) was a United States Navy sailor and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor. BiographyBorn in 1857 in England, Elmore joined the U.S. Navy from Toulon, France. By October 1, 1878, he was serving as a landsman on the {{USS|Gettysburg|1858|6}}. On that day, while Gettysburg was in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Algeria ({{Coord|36|58|N|3|44|E}}), he jumped overboard and saved Landsman Wallace Febrey from drowning. For this action, he was awarded the Medal of Honor. Elmore's official Medal of Honor citation reads: On board the U.S.S. Gettysburg; for jumping overboard and saving from drowning Wallace Febrey, landsman, while that vessel was under way at sea in latitude 36 degrees 58 minutes north, longitude 3 degrees 44 minutes east, 1 October 1878. See also{{Portal|Biography|United States Navy}}
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