Rade Grbitch
Born: December 24, 1870 at Austria
Home Town: New York, New York
Medal of Honor
Peacetime Awards
U.S. Navy
War Department, General Orders No. 13, January 5, 1906
The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Seaman Rade Grbitch, United States Navy, for extraordinary heroism on board the U.S.S. BENNINGTON, displayed at the time of the explosion of a boiler of that vessel at San Diego, California, 21 July 1905.