STICKNEY-HERMAN
HERMAN OSMAN STICKNEY
Rate/Rank
RADM
RADM
Service Branch
USN 6/1888 - 12/1921
Born
12/10/1867
PEPPERELL, MA
DECEASED 9/13/1936
STAFF. U.S. NAVAL ACADEMY, ANNAPOLIS, MD
CO, USS PRAIRIE AD 5, VERA CRUZ, MEXICO
STUDENT, NAVAL WAR COLLEGE
CO, USS VERMONT BB-20
SENIOR MEMBER, BOARD OF INSPECTION & SURVEY, PACIFIC FLEET
MEDAL OF HONOR
NAVY CROSS
SPANISH CAMPAIGN MEDAL
MEXICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL
WORLD WAR I VICTORY MEDAL W/ESCORT CLASP
Herman Osman Stickney
Date of birth: December 10, 1867Date of death: September 13, 1936
Burial location: Arlington, Virginia
Place of Birth: Massachusetts, Pepperell
Home of record: Pepperell Massachusetts
Herman Stickney graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Class of 1888. He retired as a Rear Admiral in the U.S. Navy.
AWARDS AND CITATIONS
Medal of Honor
Awarded for actions during the Dominican Republic Occupation
The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Commander Herman Osman Stickney, United States Navy, for distinguished conduct in battle during the engagements of Vera Cruz, Mexico, 21 and 22 April 1914. Commander Stickney covered the landing of the 21st with the guns of the Prairie, and throughout the attack and occupation, rendered important assistance to our forces on shore with his 3-inch battery.
General Orders: War Department, General Orders No. 177 (December 4, 1915)
Action Date: April 21 - 22, 1914
Service: Navy
Rank: Commander
Division: U.S.S. Prairie
Submitt by Doug Bewall RMCM USN Ret