Frank Ebenezer Hill | |
Birth Date: | 31 July 1880 |
Birth Place: | LaGrange, Indiana |
Placeofburial Label: | Place of burial |
Allegiance: | United States of America |
Branch: | United States Navy |
Rank: | Ship's Cook First Class |
Battles: | Non-combat award |
Awards: | Medal of Honor |
Frank Ebenezer Hill (July 31, 1880 - September 23, 1932) was a United States Navy Ship's Cook First Class received the Medal of Honor for actions on board the off San Diego, California during a boiler explosion which killed 62 enlisted men and one officer.
Rank and organization: Ship's Cook First Class, U.S. Navy. Born: 31 July 1880, La Grange, Ind. Accredited to: Indiana. G.O. No.: 13, 5 January 1906.
Citation:
On board the U.S.S. Bennington, for extraordinary heroism displayed at the time of the explosion of a boiler of that vessel at San Diego, Calif., 21 July 1905.[1]