Background
Sundquist was born June 4, 1879 in Sweden and after immigrating to the United States he entered the navy.
Sundquist was born June 4, 1879 in Sweden and after immigrating to the United States he entered the navy.
He was sent to fight in the Spanish–American War aboard the United States.S. Nashville as an ordinary seaman. After receiving the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Spanish–American War he retired from the navy in 1900, but rejoined it in 1918 and participated in World War I. He drowned on August 25, 1918 and has a cenotaph in Brookwood American Cemetery and Memorial (ABMC) Brookwood Surrey, England.