Edward Alvin Clary
United States Navy Medal of Honor recipient
About Edward Alvin Clary
Lived 1883 – 1939 (aged 55).
Edward Alvin Clary (May 6, 1883 – April 30, 1939) was a United States Navy sailor and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor.
Biography A native of Foxport, Fleming County, Kentucky, Clary joined the Navy from that state. By February 14, 1910, he was serving as a watertender on the . On that day, the Hopkins experienced a boiler accident. For his actions during the incident, Bonney was awarded the Medal of Honor a month later, on March 23, 1910. Another sailor, Chief Watertender Robert Earl Bonney, received the medal for the same incident.
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Who was Edward Alvin Clary?
United States Navy Medal of Honor recipient (1883-1939)
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Edward Alvin Clary was born on 6 May 1883.
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Edward Alvin Clary died on 30 April 1939 in Santa Fe.
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