Ernest H. Bjorkman

The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Ordinary Seaman Ernest H. Bjorkman, United States Navy, for extraordinary heroism in the line of his profession while serving on board the U.S.S. Leyden at Block Island, Rhode Island, 21 January 1903. Ordinary Seaman Bjorkman displayed heroism at the time of the wreck of that vessel.