{{Infobox military person |name = John Millmore |image = |caption = |birth_date = 26 March 1859 |death_date = Unknown<!-- {{death date and age|}} --> |birth_place = New York City, U.S. |death_place = |burial_place = |burial_label = Place of burial |burial_coordinates = <!-- {{coord|LAT|LONG|display=inline,title}} --> |allegiance = United States |branch = United States Navy |service_years = 1876 - 1880 |rank = Ordinary Seaman |unit = {{USS|Essex|1876|6}} |battles = |awards = Medal of Honor }} '''John Millmore''' (26 March 1859 &ndash; ?) was a United States Navy sailor and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor.

Born on 26 March 1859 in New York, New York, Millmore joined the Navy from that state in January 1876. <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mohhsus.com/lost-to-history|title = Lost to History » Medal of Honor Historical Society of the United States}}</ref> By October 31, 1877, he was serving as an ordinary seaman on the {{USS|Essex|1876|6}}, which was at Monrovia, Liberia. On that day, he and another sailor, First Class Fireman Henry Lakin Simpson, rescued their shipmate Ordinary Seaman John W. Powers from drowning. For this action, both Millmore and Simpson were awarded the Medal of Honor seven years later, on October 18, 1884.<ref name="citation"/>

{{multiple image | align = left | image1 = John Millmore Medal of Honor obverse.jpg | width1 = 150 | alt1 = | caption1 = | image2 = John Millmore Medal of Honor reverse.jpg | width2 = 150 | alt2 = | caption2 = | footer = Millmore's Medal of Honor, front and back }} Millmore's official Medal of Honor citation reads: <blockquote>Serving on board the U.S.S. ''Essex'', Millmore rescued from drowning John W. Powers, ordinary seaman, serving on the same vessel with him, at Monrovia, Liberia, 31 October 1877.<ref name="citation"/></blockquote>

Millmore's medal is held by the American Numismatic Society.<ref name="belden"/>

==See also== {{Portal|Biography}} *List of Medal of Honor recipients during peacetime

==References== {{Reflist|refs=

<ref name="citation">{{Cite web |title = Medal of Honor recipients - Interim Awards, 1871–1898 |work = Medal of Honor citations |publisher = United States Army Center of Military History |date = August 5, 2010 |url = http://www.history.army.mil/html/moh/int1871-98.html |accessdate = August 20, 2010 |archive-date = May 14, 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170514070318/http://www.history.army.mil/html/moh/int1871-98.html |url-status = dead }}</ref>

<ref name="belden">{{Cite journal |last = Belden |first = Bauman L. |title = United States war medals |journal = American Journal of Numismatics |volume = 49 |page = 68 |publisher = American Numismatic Society |location = New York |year = 1915 |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=HmIaAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA68 |accessdate = August 20, 2010}}</ref> }}

==External links== *{{Hall of Valor|1781|John Millmore|accessdate=August 20, 2010}}

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