William Sidney Shacklette
Born: May 18, 1880 at Delaplane, Virginia
Home Town: Delaplane, Virginia
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 Hospital Steward William Sidney Shacklette, 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.
