KEEFER, PHILIP B.
Rank and Organization: Coppersmith, U.S. Navy. Born: 4 September 1875,
Washington, D.C. Accredited To: District of Columbia. G.O. No.: 501, 14
December 1898.
Citation:
On board the U.S.S. Iowa off Santiago de Cuba, 20 July 1898. Following the blow-out of
a manhole gasket of that vessel which caused the fireroom to be filled with live steam and
the floor plates to be covered with boiling water, Keefer showed courageous and zealous
conduct in hauling fires from 2 furnaces of boiler B.