Louis Williams
Born: 1845 at Christiana (oslo), Norway
Home Town: California
Medal of Honor
U.S. Navy
Peacetime Awards
The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Captain of the Hold Louis Williams, United States Navy, for gallant and heroic conduct in jumping overboard from the U.S.S Lackawanna, 16 March 1883, at Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, and rescuing from drowning Thomas Moran, Landsman.
Medal of Honor
U.S. Navy
Peacetime Awards
War Department, General Orders No. 326 (October 18, 1884)
The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Captain of the Hold Louis Williams, United States Navy, for gallant and heroic conduct while serving on board the U.S.S. Lackawanna. Captain of the Hold Williams rescued from drowning William Cruise, who had fallen overboard at Callao Peru, 13 June 1884.
