Edward William Boers was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, on 10 March 1884, later joining the Navy as a resident of Kentucky. He was a crew member of the gunboat Bennington when that ship suffered a deadly boiler explosion on 21 July 1905. For his conduct in the immediate aftermath of that tragedy, Seaman Boers was awarded the Medal of Honor. Edward William Boers died on 2 April 1929.
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Medal of Honor citation of Seaman Edward William Boers (as printed in the official publication "Medal of Honor, 1861-1949, The Navy", page 90): |
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