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HomeResearchMarine Corps History DivisionInformation for UnitsMedal of Honor Recipients By UnitSergeant Thomas F. Prendergast

SERGEANT
THOMAS FRANCIS PRENDERGAST, USMC (DECEASED) 

 

Original General Order

Medal of Honor Citation

Born: 2 April 1871 in Waterford, Ireland

Enlisted: 16 May 1893 in Boston, Massachusetts

 

Medal of Honor awarded: 19 July 1901

Rank at time of award: Corporal

Separation from Service: Honorably discharged on 3 July 1907

Date of Death: 26 April 1913

Burial: Greenwood Cemetery in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Philippine Insurrection 1899-1902 Medal of Honor

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