Medal of Honor
August 16, 1881
Cuchillo Negro Mountains, New Mexico, USA
- Rank at action
- Private
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- Indian Campaigns
- Unit or command
- Company I, 9th U.S. Cavalry
The Citation
Sources ↓Bravery in action with hostile Apaches.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- Augustus Walley — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-29
current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison
Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
- Award ID
- MOH-AW-001800
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-29
- Later or highest recorded rank
- First Sergeant
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- e68544e517dd54978de2d1fec214af4d7bd7cb4b80b44275345016f10c71c12d
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; rendered current reference profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
The current profile records later/highest rank First Sergeant. The current historical action-place wording replaces only the controlled canonical geocoder field; the complete inherited place remains preserved.