William Sadler (born 1854, date of death unknown) was a United States Navy sailor and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor.
Born in 1854 in Boston, Massachusetts, Sadler joined the Navy from that state.
Sadler jumped into the water and kept the sailor afloat until they were picked up by one of the ship's small boats.
[1] Sadler's official Medal of Honor citation reads: For jumping overboard from the U.S.S.
Saratoga, off Coasters Harbor Island, R.I., 25 June 1881, and sustaining until picked up by a boat from the ship, Frank Gallagher, second class boy, who had fallen overboard.