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Medal of Honor Recipient

James M Trout

U.S. Navy · Interim 1871 - 1899

MOH-RC-003036Source-based record

The award

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Navy Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1877

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Medal of Honor

1877-04-20

Montevideo

Rank at action
Fireman Second Class
Service
U.S. Navy
Conflict
Interim 1871 - 1899
Unit or command
U.S.S. Frolic

The Citation

Sources ↓
Serving on board the U.S.S. Frolic, Trout displayed gallant conduct in endeavoring to save the life of one of the crew of that vessel who had fallen overboard at Montevideo, 20 April 1877.

Sources & record notes

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Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
Award ID
MOH-AW-003051
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-09-01
Accredited to
Pennsylvania
Archive transcription SHA-256
dea3b49b431fc3f7974508b35d0de9a16cc82bdd0cd6c4826272179b29bf5a0c

Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; rendered current reference profile comparison is documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.

The current Society heading omits punctuation in the middle initial; the legacy punctuated form remains an alias.