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Service Profile
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class
- Service Era
- Spanish-American War
- Medals Recorded
- 1
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Ernest H. Bjorkman
Petty Officer Third Class, U.S. Navy
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Awards & Decorations
Ribbon Rack
Biography
He showed great courage when his ship struck offshore rocks.
Ernest H. Bjorkman was born in Malmö, Sweden, on 25 April 1881. He served in the U.S. Navy as an ordinary seaman aboard USS Leyden.
On 21 January 1903, Leyden was wrecked on the rocks of Block Island, Rhode Island. Bjorkman's conduct during the disaster earned the Medal of Honor. His citation recognized heroism at the time of the wreck, and the award was accredited to New York. Navy General Order No. 145, dated December 26, 1903, recorded the award.
Bjorkman died in Edgewater, Colorado, on 16 September 1912 and is buried in Crown Hill Cemetery there. His Medal of Honor commemorates courage during a dangerous peacetime emergency at sea.
Medal of Honor citation
On board the U.S.S. Leyden, 21 January 1903, Bjorkman displayed heroism at the time of the wreck of that vessel.
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