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Surnames: CANN
Classification: Military
Message Board URL:
http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AVH.2ACEB/282
Message Board Post:
Source:
http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/moh1.htm
Note: This is not my ancestry. I have NO additional information. I am just passing along
information that may be useful.
CANN, TEDFORD H.
Rank and organization: Seaman, U.S. Navy. Born: 3 September 1897, Bridgeport, Conn.
Accredited to: New York. G.O. No.: 366, 1918. Citation: For courageous conduct while
serving on board the U.S.S. May, 5 November 1917. Cann found a leak in a flooded
compartment and closed it at the peril of his life, thereby unquestionably saving the
ship.
Burial: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
Born: 1897; BRIDGPORT, CT
Died: 1963
Additional Information and cemetery monument photo:
http://www.homeofheroes.com/gravesites/arlington/cann_tedford.html