William Spicer | |
Birth Date: | 28 May 1864 |
Birth Place: | Liverpool, England |
Placeofburial Label: | Place of burial |
Allegiance: | United States of America |
Branch: | United States Navy |
Rank: | Gunner's Mate First Class |
Battles: | Spanish–American War |
Awards: | Medal of Honor |
William Spicer (May 28, 1864 – December 14, 1949) was a gunner's mate first class serving in the United States Navy during the Spanish–American War who received the Medal of Honor for bravery. He was the great-grandfather of former White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer.
Spicer was born May 28, 1864, in Liverpool, England, and was living in New York City when he enlisted in the U.S. Navy on November 27, 1890. He served in the Spanish–American War aboard the as a gunner's mate first class.[1]
Rank and organization: Gunner's Mate First Class, U.S. Navy. Born: 28 May 1864, England. Accredited to. New York. G.O. No.: 500, 14 December 1898.
Citation:
On board the U.S.S. Marblehead at the approaches to Caimanera, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, 26 and 27 July 1898. Displaying heroism, Spicer took part in the perilous work of sweeping for and disabling 27 contact mines during this period.[1]
On September 11, 1903 he was warranted as a boatswain and on, July 30, 1909, he was promoted to chief boatswain.
He died in Boston, Massachusetts at the age of 85. He is buried in the Mount Hope Cemetery in Boston.Web site: July 21, 2010 . War with Spain; Spicer, William entry . Medal of Honor recipients, War With Spain . . August 3, 2009 . April 23, 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090423095635/http://www.history.army.mil/html/moh/warspain.html . dead.