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In memory of
Hugh W. McKee,
lieutenant USN
Born April 23, 1844,
Died June 11, 1871,
from wounds received the same day on the parapet of The Citadel, Kanghoa Island, Corea [sic]; while leading heroically the assault of the Naval Battalion of the US Asiatic Fleet.
Erected by his brother officers of the Squadron. |