DOOLEN, WILLIAM - Medal of Honor Recipient
Rank and organization: Coal Heaver, U.S. Navy. Born: 1841, Ireland.
Accredited to: Pennsylvania. G.O. No.: 45, 31 December 1864. Citation:
On board the U.S.S. Richmond during action against rebel forts and gunboats
and with the ram Tennessee in Mobile Bay, 5 August 1864. Although knocked
down and seriously wounded in the head, Doolen refused to leave his station
as shot and shell passed. Calm and courageous, he rendered gallant service
throughout the prolonged battle which resulted in the surrender of the
rebel ram Tennessee and in the successful attacks carried out on Fort Morgan
despite the enemy's heavy return fire.
This data was extracted from the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, U.S. Senate, Medal of Honor Recipients: 1863-1973 (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1973)
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