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Walter Elmore (born 1857, date of death unknown) was a
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sailor and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration, the
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Biography

Born in 1857 in
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, Elmore joined the U.S. Navy from
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, France. By October 1, 1878, he was serving as a landsman on the . On that day, while ''Gettysburg'' was in the
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off the coast of
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(), he jumped overboard and saved Landsman Wallace A. 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

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List of Medal of Honor recipients during peacetime Prior to 1963, the Medal of Honor could be awarded for actions not involving direct combat with "an enemy of the United States" or "opposing foreign force (actions against a party in which the U.S. is not directly engaged in war with).DoD Awa ...


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Elmore, Walter 1857 births Year of death missing United States Navy sailors United States Navy Medal of Honor recipients English-born Medal of Honor recipients English emigrants to the United States Non-combat recipients of the Medal of Honor