Rade Grbitch
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Rade Grbitch
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| Born | December 24, 1870 Austria |
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| Allegiance | United States of America |
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United States Navy |
| Rank | Seaman |
| Unit | USS Bennington (PG-4) |
| Awards | Medal of Honor |
Rade Grbitch or Rade Grbić (Serbian Cyrillic:Раде Грбић; December 24, 1870- March 5, 1910) was a United States Navy sailor of Serbian descent (born in the Austrian Empire), and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor.
Biography
Grbitch was born December 24, 1870 in Austria-Hungary and joined the Navy from Ohio. He was Serb from Dalmatia. On July 21, 1905, a boiler exploded aboard the USS Bennington (PG-4) while it was at San Diego, California and sank. During the explosion 66 sailors were killed and almost everyone else on the ship was injured. For his actions during the explosion he received the Medal of Honor January 5, 1906.[1][2]
He died on March 5, 1910 and is buried in San Francisco National Cemetery San Francisco, California. His grave can be found in plot A, 44.[3]
Medal of Honor citation
Rank and organization: Seaman, U.S. Navy. Born: 24 December 1870, Austria. Accredited to: Illinois. 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.[1]
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- 1870 births
- 1910 deaths
- United States Navy sailors
- United States Navy Medal of Honor recipients
- People from Illinois
- Austro-Hungarian emigrants to the United States
- Foreign-born Medal of Honor recipients
- American people of Serbian descent
- Serbs of Croatia
- Burials in California
- Non-combat recipients of the Medal of Honor
- Burials at San Francisco National Cemetery
