Richard Pile (born 1849) was an seaman serving in the United States Navy who received the Medal of Honor for bravery. Biography Richard T. Pile was born in 1849 on Barbados and, after emigrating to the United States, he joined the Navy in Boston, Massachusetts on November 26, 1870. He was stationed aboard the as an ordinary seaman when, on April 12, 1872, several members of the crew were drowning. For his actions received the Medal of Honor March 20, 1905. Medal of Honor citation Rank and organization: Ordinary Seaman, U.S. Navy. Born: 1849, West Indies. Accredited to: Massachusetts. G.O. No.: 176, 9 July 1872. Citation: Serving on board the U.S.S. Kansas, Pile displayed great coolness and self-possession at the time Comdr. A. F. Crosman and others were drowned, near Greytown, Nicaragua, 12 April 1872, and by his extraordinary heroism and personal exertion prevented greater loss of See also List of Medal of Honor recipients during peacetime References External links 1849 births Year of death missing United States Navy Medal of Honor recipients United States Navy sailors People from Massachusetts Foreign-born Medal of Honor recipients Burials in New York (state) Non-combat recipients of the Medal of Honor American people of Barbadian descent