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Andrew P. Forbeck — Victoria Cross

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Service Profile

Branch: U.S. Navy
Rank: Seaman
Service Era: Philippine-American War
Medals Recorded: 2

Andrew P. Forbeck

Seaman, U.S. Navy

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Philippine-American War

Awards & Decorations

Medal of Honor 1862–1912 Navy
Philippine Campaign Medal

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Biography

A Navy seaman earned the Medal of Honor on Samar

Andrew Peter Forbeck earned the Medal of Honor for distinguished conduct in battle at Katbalogan, on the Philippine island of Samar, on 16 July 1900. Born in New York on 29 August 1881, he served as a seaman aboard USS Pampanga during the Philippine-American War.

The Navy recognized Forbeck in General Order No. 55 on 19 July 1901. His citation records his conduct in the presence of the enemy at Katbalogan. His service aboard Pampanga also fell within the Navy’s qualifying dates for the Philippine Campaign Medal.

Forbeck died on 25 April 1924 and is buried in Erie Cemetery in Erie, Pennsylvania.

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