Frank Ebenezer Hill


Frank Ebenezer Hill was a United States Navy Ship's Cook First Class received the Medal of Honor for actions on board the off San Diego, California during a boiler explosion which killed 62 enlisted men and one officer.

Medal of Honor citation

Rank and organization: Ship's Cook First Class, U.S. Navy. Born: 31 July 1880, La Grange, Ind. Accredited to: Indiana. G.O. No.: 13, 5 January 1906.
Citation:
On board the U.S.S. Bennington, for extraordinary heroism displayed at the time of the explosion of a boiler of that vessel at San Diego, Calif., 21 July 1905.

He was the son of John C. & Sarah Lucinda Hill.
Family genealogist and LaGrange Co. Historical Society