Sponsored by:

Navy Federal Credit Union
Thomas
Cahey
April 13, 1870

–

January 5, 1935

Cemetery:

Arlington National Cemetery

Awards Received

  • Medal of Honor

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Seaman

    Division:

    U.S.S. Petrel

    Action Date:

    March 31, 1901
    War Department, General Orders No. 59, March 23, 1910

    The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Seaman Thomas Cahey, United States Navy, for extraordinary heroism in the line of his profession while serving on board the U.S.S. Petrel in fearlessly exposing his own life to danger in saving others on the occasion of the fire on board that vessel, 31 March 1901.