JOHNSON, JOHN
Rank and Organization: Seaman, U.S. Navy. Born: 1839, Philadelphia, Pa. Accredited
to: Pennsylvania. G.O. No.: 176, 9 July 1872.
Citation:
Serving on board the U.S.S. Kansas near Greytown, Nicaragua 12 April 1872, Johnson
displayed great coolness and self-possession ai the time Comdr. A. F. Crosman and others
were drowned and, by extraordinary heroism and personal exertion, prevented greater loss
of life.