page_title: John Enright
section_title: Biography
hierarchical_section_title: John Enright / Biography
caption_attribution_description: English: Grave marker of John Enright
context_page_description: John Enright was a United States Navy sailor and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor.
context_section_description: Born on July 2, 1864, in Lynn, Massachusetts, Enright joined the Navy from that state. By January 18, 1886, he was serving as a landsman on the USS Ranger. On that day, while Ranger was off the coast of Ensenada, Mexico, he jumped overboard and rescued two fellow sailors, Ordinary Seamen John Bell and George Svensson, from drowning. For this action, he was awarded the Medal of Honor.
  Enright's official Medal of Honor citation reads:
  On board the U.S.S. Ranger off Ensenada, Mexico, 18 January 1886. Jumping overboard from that vessel, Enright rescued John Bell, ordinary seaman, and George Svensson, ordinary seaman, from drowning.
  Enright was honorably discharged from the Navy on May 21, 1889. He died at age 33 on February 19, 1898 and was buried at sea. A marker in his memory was placed at Phoenix Memorial Park in Phoenix, Arizona.
caption: Grave marker  of John Enright
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