Leonard Chadwick

Leonard Chadwick

Infobox Military Person
name=Leonard Chadwick
born= birth date|1878|11|24
died= death date and age|1940|5|18|1878|11|24
placeofbirth=Middletown, Delaware
placeofdeath=Boston, Massachusetts
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unit= USS Marblehead
battles= Spanish-American War
awards=Medal of Honor
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Leonard Chadwick (November 24, 1878–May 18, 1940) was a Spanish-American War Congressional Medal of Honor recipient who served in the United States Navy as an Apprentice 1st Class aboard the USS Marblehead.

Biography

Chadwick was born in Middletown, Delaware and enlisted in the U.S. Navy in Philadelphia on October 26, 1895, serving aboard the USS Richmond, Vermont, Constellation, Alliance, Puritan, Brooklyn, Texas and Marblehead.

Chadwick was one of fifty-two men to receive the Medal of Honor for an operation involving locating and cutting oceanic cables to block communication from a cable house off the shore of Cientuegos, Cuba. He received his medal on July 7, 1899.

After his discharge, Chadwick moved to Boston, Massachusetts where he sold insurance and worked in the Morocco leather industry. A 1923 accident left him with a dislocated elbow and knee and he was declared totally disabled in 1937. Chadwick died at his home of asphyxiation and alcoholism on May 18, 1940, and was interred in Mount Hope Cemetery, West Roxbury, Massachusetts.

Medal of Honor citation

Citation:On board the USS Marblehead during the operation of cutting the cable leading from Cientuegos, Cuba, 11 May 1898. Facing the heavy fire of the enemy, Chadwick set an example of extraordinary bravery and coolness throughout this period.

ee also

*List of Medal of Honor recipients
*List of Medal of Honor recipients for the Spanish-American War

External links

* [http://www.state.de.us/facts/history/chadwick.htm Chadwick's Biography in the Delaware's Recipients of The Medal of Honor]

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