Category: West Indies Naval Campaign Medal (Sampson Medal)

Categories: Obsolete US Military Decorations

This category contains profiles of recipients of this award.
The Sampson Medal is a commemorative medal of the United States Navy for service in the Spanish–American War. The medal was authorized by an Act of Congress in 1901. The medal was awarded to those personnel who served on ships in the fleet of Rear Admiral William T. Sampson during combat operations in the waters of the West Indies and Cuba. The Sampson Medal was also known as the Medal Commemorating Naval Engagements in the West Indies or West Indies Naval Campaign Medal, not to be confused with the West Indies Campaign Medal which was a separate award. A similar commemorative decoration was the Dewey Medal, considered senior to the Sampson Medal.

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01 Dec 1868 Gowanda, Erie, New York, United States - 31 May 1933 photo
30 Nov 1846 Eutaw, Alabama, United States - 04 Nov 1931 photo
23 Nov 1878 Lorain, Lorain, Ohio, United States - 25 Jun 1956 photo
06 May 1875 Hampton, Franklin, Iowa, United States - 20 Jul 1959 photo
10 Jan 1867 Pointe Coupee, Louisiana, United States - 20 Nov 1942 photo
14 Nov 1872 Mare Island, Solano, California, United States - 06 Mar 1947 photo
17 Jan 1869 Boscobel, Grant, Wisconsin, United States - 04 Jul 1924 photo




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