Ernest H. Bjorkman
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Ernest H. Bjorkman (December 18, 1881 – September 16, 1912) was a United States Navy sailor and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor.


Biography

Bjorkman was born December 18, 1881, in Malmö, Sweden, and after immigrating to the United States joined the Navy. On January 21, 1903, he was serving as an ordinary seaman aboard the when it was returning from Puerto Rico and it foundered near Block Island in a heavy fog. For his actions during the wreck he received the Medal of Honor December 26, 1903. He died on September 16, 1912.


Medal of Honor citation

Rank and organization: Ordinary Seaman, U.S. Navy. Born: 25 April 1881, Malmo, Sweden. Accredited to: New York. G.O. No.: 145, 26 December 1903. Citation:
On board the U.S.S. ''Leyden'', 21 January 1903, Bjorkman displayed heroism at the time of the wreck of that vessel.


See also

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List of Medal of Honor recipients in non-combat incidents Prior to 1963, the Medal of Honor could be awarded for actions not involving direct combat with "an enemy of the United States" or "opposing foreign force (actions against a party in which the U.S. is not directly engaged in war with).DoD Awards ...


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bjorkman, Ernest H. 1881 births 1912 deaths United States Navy sailors United States Navy Medal of Honor recipients Burials in Colorado American military personnel of the Spanish–American War Foreign-born Medal of Honor recipients Swedish emigrants to the United States Non-combat recipients of the Medal of Honor