Holtz, August, CWT

Deceased

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Service Details

Last Rate
Chief Chief Water Tender

Last Primary NEC
WT-0000-Water Tender

Last Rating/NEC Group
Water Tender

Primary Unit
1908-1911, WT-0000, USS North Dakota (BB-29)

Service Years
1891 - 1911

Last Photo

Personal Details

Home State

Missouri

Year of Birth
1871

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Contact Info

Home Town Saint Louis, Missouri	Last Address Long Island, New York
Date of Passing Mar 05, 1938
Location of Interment Long Island National Cemetery (VA) - Farmingdale, New York	Wall/Plot Coordinates Section F, Grave 916

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Unofficial Badges

Military Associations and Other Affiliations


	1938, National Cemetery Administration (NCA)

Additional Information

Last Known Activity:

US Navy Peacetime Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. Served in the United States Navy as a Chief Watertender. He was awarded the CMOH for his bravery on September 8, 1910. His citation reads:

"On board the USS North Dakota, for extraordinary heroism in the line of his profession during the fire on board that vessel, 8 September 1910."

His Medal was awarded on October 4, 1910.

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=10075

Other Comments:

http://www.cmohs.org/recipient-detail/2371/holtz-august.php

http://www.history.army.mil/html/moh/inter1901-11.html#HOLTZ

Spanish-American War/Battle of Manila Bay
From Month/Year May / 1898	To Month/Year May / 1898
Description A failed attempt, as the fleet was assigned to enter Cardenas Bay and destroy the three Spanish gunboats reportedly moored in the harbor.