About Frank Du Moulin
Born 1850. Frank Du Moulin was an American military personnel.
Frank Du Moulin (born c. 1850, 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.
Biography Born in about 1850 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Du Moulin joined the Navy from that state. By September 5, 1867, he was serving as an apprentice on the training ship in the harbor of New London, Connecticut. On that day, a crewmate, Apprentice Eugene S. D'Orsay, fell from the rigging of the Sabine's mizzen-topmast into the water, striking the lower rigging and a boat davit on his way down. Du Moulin jumped overboard and rescued D'Orsay from drowning. For this action, he received the Medal of Honor the next month.
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