Samuel S. Triplett
Born: December 18, 1869 at Cherokee, Kansas
Home Town: New York, New York
War Department, General Orders No. 500, December 14, 1898
The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Ordinary Seaman Samuel S. Triplett, United States Navy, for extraordinary heroism in action on board the U.S.S. Marblehead at the approaches to Caimanera, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, 26 and 27 July 1898. Displaying heroism, Ordinary Seaman Triplett took part in the perilous work of sweeping for and disabling twenty-seven contact mines during this period.
