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Robert Augustus Sweeney

United States Navy Medal of Honor recipient

Died when: 37 years 302 days (453 months)
Star Sign: Aquarius

 

Robert Augustus Sweeney

Robert Augustus Sweeney (February 20, 1853 – December 19, 1890) was a sailor in the United States Navy and was one of only nineteen servicemen, and the only African American, to receive the Medal of Honor twice, both for peace-time actions.


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