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==See also==
==See also==
{{Portal box|Biography|United States Navy}}
{{Portal|Biography}}
*[[List of Medal of Honor recipients during peacetime]]
*[[List of Medal of Honor recipients in non-combat incidents]]


==References==
==References==
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|accessdate = May 8, 2010
|accessdate = May 8, 2010
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|publisher = Sunstone Press
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|DATE OF DEATH= April 30, 1939
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Latest revision as of 17:06, 30 September 2021

Edward Alvin Clary
Born(1883-05-06)May 6, 1883
Foxport, Kentucky
DiedApril 30, 1939(1939-04-30) (aged 55)
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Place of burial
Santa Fe National Cemetery
AllegianceUnited States of America
Service / branchUnited States Navy
RankChief Watertender
UnitUSS Hopkins (DD-6)
AwardsMedal of Honor

Edward Alvin Clary (May 6, 1883 – April 30, 1939) was a United States Navy sailor and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor.

Biography

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A native of Foxport, Fleming County, Kentucky, Clary joined the Navy from that state. By February 14, 1910, he was serving as a watertender on the USS Hopkins (DD-6). On that day, the Hopkins experienced a boiler accident. For his actions during the incident, Bonney was awarded the Medal of Honor a month later, on March 23, 1910. Another sailor, Chief Watertender Robert Earl Bonney, received the medal for the same incident.[1]

Clary's official Medal of Honor citation reads:

On board the U.S.S. Hopkins for extraordinary heroism in the line of his profession on the occasion of the accident to one of the boilers of that vessel, 14 February 1910.[1]

Clary reached the rank of chief watertender before leaving the Navy after a 30-year career. He later worked as a prohibition agent and lived in Santa Fe, New Mexico. At age 55, he died at his home in Santa Fe of coronary thrombosis; he was buried in Santa Fe National Cemetery.[2]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Medal of Honor recipients - Interim Awards, 1901-1911". Medal of Honor citations. United States Army Center of Military History. August 3, 2009. Retrieved May 8, 2010.
  2. ^ Melzer, Richard (2007). Buried Treasures: Famous and Unusual Gravesites in New Mexico History. Santa Fe, New Mexico: Sunstone Press. p. 298. ISBN 978-0-86534-531-7. Retrieved May 8, 2010.
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