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Service Profile
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Landsman
- Medals Recorded
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Awards & Decorations
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Biography
He saved a drowning shipmate in the waters of Port Mahon Bay
Patrick J. Kyle was born on 4 November 1854 in Ireland. He served as a landsman in the United States Navy aboard USS Quinnebaug.
On 13 March 1879 at Port Mahon on Minorca, Spain, Kyle rescued a shipmate from drowning. He received the Medal of Honor for the lifesaving act. His citation records the ship, location and date without naming the sailor he saved.
Kyle died on 28 October 1929 in Charlestown, Massachusetts. He is buried in Mount Calvary Cemetery in Boston.
Medal of Honor citation
For rescuing from drowning a shipmate from the U.S.S. Quinnebaug, at Port Mahon, Minorca, 13 March 1879.
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