Sponsored by:

Navy Federal Credit Union
Thomas
Francis
Prendergast
April 2, 1871

–

April 26, 1913

Cemetery:

Greenwood Cemetery

Awards Received

  • Medal of Honor

    Service:

    United States Marine Corps

    Rank:

    Corporal

    Division:

    8th Army Corps (Attached)

    Action Date:

    March 25, 27 & 29 & April 5, 1899
    War Department, General Orders No. 55 (July 19, 1901)

    The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Corporal Thomas Francis Prendergast, United States Marine Corps, for distinguished conduct in the presence of the enemy in battle while with the Eighth Army Corps, 25, 27, 29 March, and 5 April 1899.