Rade Grbitch
United States Navy Medal of Honor recipient
About Rade Grbitch
Lived 1870 – 1910 (aged 39).
Rade Grbitch or Rade Grbić (Serbian Cyrillic: Раде Грбић; December 24, 1870 – March 5, 1910) was a United States Navy sailor and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor.
Biography Grbitch was born December 24, 1870, in Austria-Hungary and joined the Navy from Ohio. He was Serb from Dalmatia. On July 21, 1905, a boiler exploded aboard the while it was at San Diego, California and sank. During the explosion 66 sailors were killed and almost everyone else on the ship was injured. For his actions during the explosion he received the Medal of Honor January 5, 1906.
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Who was Rade Grbitch?
United States Navy Medal of Honor recipient (1870-1910)
When was Rade Grbitch born?
Rade Grbitch was born on 24 December 1870 in Austria.
When did Rade Grbitch die?
Rade Grbitch died on 5 March 1910.
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