Ensign Henry Clay Drexler was awarded a Medal of Honor and Navy Cross for the same heroism.

Boatswain's Mate Cholister is buried in Cherry Hill, New Jersey at Colestown Cemetery.

Citation: For extraordinary heroism in the line of his profession on the occasion of a fire on board the U S.S. Trenton.

At 3:35 on the afternoon of October 20, 1924, while the Trenton was preparing to fire trial installation shots from the two 6-inch guns in the forward twin mount of that vessel, 2 charges of powder ignited.

He fell unconscious while making a supreme effort to save his shipmates and died the following day.Biography