William Doolen
Birthdate: 1841
Birthplace: Ireland
Service: U.S. Navy
Rank and organization: Coal Heaver, U.S.S. Richmond
Entered service at: Philadelphia, PA
Born: 1841, Ireland
Location of Action: Battle of Mobile Bay
Date of Action: August 5, 1864
Date Presented: December 31, 1864
Died: September 14, 1895
Age at time of Death: 68 or 69 Years Old
Burial Place: Mount Olivet Cemetery, Cheyenne, Wyoming
Medal of Honor Citation | The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to William Doolen, United States Navy, for extraordinary heroism on board the U.S.S. Richmond during action against rebel forts and gunboats and with the ram Tennessee in Mobile Bay, August 5, 1864. Although knocked down and seriously wounded in the head, Doolen refused to leave his station as shot and shell passed. Calm and courageous, he rendered gallant service throughout the prolonged battle which resulted in the surrender of the rebel ram Tennessee and in the successful attacks carried out on Fort Morgan despite the enemy's heavy return fire. |
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