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Joseph B. Noil was born in Liverpool, Nova Scotia, Canada. Noil moved to America and enlisted in the Navy on Oct. 7, 1864, in New York. He served in the Navy until March 18, 1867. Noil re-enlisted on Dec. 18, 1871. While serving on USS Powhatan at Norfolk, Virginia on December 26, 1872, he saved a drowning shipmate, Boatswain J.C. Walton. For his conduct, he was awarded the Medal of Honor. On May 25, 1881, Noil was promoted to the rating of Captain of the Hold while serving on the USS Wyoming (1859). Noil was admitted to the Naval Hospital in Norfolk, suffering from "paralysis". About a week later, he was transferred to Saint Elizabeth's Hospital in Washington, D.C., where he died on March 21, 1882, and was buried in the hospital graveyard. (Artwork by Willie C. P. Kendrick III)
| Date Taken: | 01.08.2025 |
| Date Posted: | 01.14.2025 10:17 |
| Photo ID: | 8824765 |
| VIRIN: | 250108-O-MO260-9594 |
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| Location: | FORT MEADE, MARYLAND, US |
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