Thomas Cramen

Thomas Cramen (born 1848, date of death unknown) was a United States Navy sailor and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor.

Thomas Cramen
Born1848
Ireland
AllegianceUnited States of America
Service/branchUnited States Navy
RankBoatswain's Mate
UnitUSS Portsmouth
AwardsMedal of Honor

Biography

Born in 1848 in Ireland, Cremen immigrated to the United States and joined the Navy from Massachusetts. By February 7, 1882, he was serving as a boatswain's mate on the training ship USS Portsmouth. On that day, while Portsmouth was at the Washington Navy Yard, he and another sailor, Seaman Henry C. Courtney, jumped overboard and rescued Jack-of-the-Dust Charles Taliaferro from drowning. For this action, both Cremen and Courtney were awarded the Medal of Honor two and a half years later, on October 18, 1884.[1]

Cremen’s official Medal of Honor citation reads:

On board the U.S.S. Portsmouth, Washington Navy Yard, 7 February 1882. Jumping overboard from that vessel, Cramen rescued Charles Taliaferro, jack-of-the-dust, from drowning.[1]

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See also
  • List of Medal of Honor recipients during peacetime

References
  1. "Medal of Honor recipients - Interim Awards, 1871–1898". Medal of Honor citations. United States Army Center of Military History. August 5, 2010. Retrieved September 6, 2010.
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