Philip Moore
Born: 1853 at Newfoundland, Canada
Home Town: Rhode Island
Medal of Honor
Peacetime Awards
U.S. Navy
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 Seaman Philip Moore, United States Navy, for gallant and heroic conduct in jumping overboard from the U.S.S. Trenton, at Genoa, Italy, 21 September 1880, and rescuing from drowning Hans Paulsen, Ordinary Seaman.