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784:Rear Admiral
773:
765:John Walbach
761:John E. Wool
758:
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655:Potomac Park
619:regular army
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494:Philadelphia
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482:Panama Canal
445:
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315:Battles/wars
309:Panama Canal
275:5th District
140:(1921-11-07)
128:Pennsylvania
124:Philadelphia
121:July 6, 1840
67:
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1484:1921 deaths
1479:1840 births
856:No insignia
721:Long Island
713:sea stories
663:Hains Point
651:Tidal Basin
589:During the
522:, USA, and
478:Tidal Basin
362:Hains Point
349:World War I
305:Tidal Basin
53:introducing
1473:Categories
1398:References
850:Component
643:Charleston
595:XIII Corps
508:recipient
502:New Jersey
498:West Point
468:, and the
408:(grandson)
377:Alma mater
270:XIII Corps
202:Union Army
164:Allegiance
117:1840-07-06
36:references
1260:John Clem
1201:Insignia
828:officer.
682:Nicaragua
661:is named
552:Battery M
534:Civil War
432:Signature
402:Relations
358:Memorials
257:Battery M
1366:April 4,
1233:See also
841:Insignia
796:and the
388:Children
250:Commands
182:Service/
1462:at the
1044:Colonel
986:Brevet
968:Captain
947:Brevet
928:Captain
743:Norfolk
576:captain
554:of the
546:of the
452:in the
49:improve
925:Brevet
746:Harbor
639:harbor
540:second
515:, and
184:branch
173:
152:Buried
38:, but
1266:Notes
1007:Major
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861:Cadet
560:Union
500:from
392:Peter
288:USACE
1368:2022
1316:2023
847:Date
844:Rank
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542:and
394:and
231:Unit
216:Rank
147:, US
135:Died
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111:Born
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