Medal of Honor
July 4, 1909
Patian Island, Philippine Islands
- Rank at action
- Second Lieutenant
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- Philippine Insurrection
- Unit or command
- 6th U.S. Cavalry
The Citation
Sources ↓While in action against hostile Moros, when, it being necessary to secure a mountain gun in position by rope and tackle, voluntarily with the assistance of an enlisted man, carried the rope forward and fastened it, being all the time under heavy fire of the enemy at short range.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- Arthur Harrison Wilson — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-26
current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison
Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
- Award ID
- MOH-AW-000560
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-26
- Later or highest recorded rank
- Colonel
- Entered service at
- Springfield, Ill.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 3c97b5bb7e18a1eb1142069b4245d300ebedeae40a47e17cf66ea4dbb5020185
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
The current official profile expands the middle name and preserves Second Lieutenant as the action rank and Colonel as the later rank.