Joseph Quick (1877-1939)

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Joseph Quick
1877 – August 31, 1939
Place of birth New York City, New York
Place of death Cornwall, England
Allegiance United States of America
Service/branch United States Navy
Rank Coxswain
Unit USS Yorktown
Battles/wars peacetime award
Awards Medal of Honor

Joseph Quick (1877 to 31 August 1939) was a United States Navy coxswain awarded the Medal of Honor for rescuing a shipmate, Machnist's Mate, second class Walenty Wisnieroski from drowning on 27 April 1902 in port in Yokohama, Japan.

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[edit] Biography

Joseph Quick was born in 1877 in New York City.

He died in 1939 in Cornwall, England and is buried in The Evergreens Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York. His grave can be found in nain Section, Lot 773.

[edit] Medal of Honor citation

Rank and organization: Coxwain, U.S. Navy. Place and date: Yokohama, Japan, 27 April 1902. Entered service at: New York. Birth: New York. G.O. No.: 93, 7 July 1902.

Citation:

For heroism in rescuing Walenty Wisnieroski, Machinist Second Class, from drowning at Yokohama, Japan, 27 April 1902, while serving on board the U.S.S. Yorktown.

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