Philippine Insurrection
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MoH
Jamestown, ND
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With 11 other scouts, without waiting for the supporting battalion to aid them or to get into a position to do so, charged over a distance of about 150 yards and completely routed about 300 of the enemy who were in line and in a position that could only be carried by a frontal attack.
Biography:
With 11 other scouts, without waiting for the supporting battalion to aid them or to get into a position to do so, charged over a distance of about 150 yards and completely routed about 300 of the enemy who were in line and in a position that could only be carried by a frontal attack.
Medal of Honor Action Date: May 13, 1899
Medal of Honor Action Place: San Miguel De Mayumo, Luzon, Philippine Islands
Rank at time of action: Private
Born: June 1, 1870, Mount Carmel, New Haven County, CT, United States
Died: September 15, 1929
Buried: Highland Home Cemetery (MH) (Old-D-L-19), Jamestown, ND, United States