Medal of Honor
July 19, 1899
Bobong, Negros, Philippine Islands
- Rank at action
- Captain
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- Philippine Insurrection
- Unit or command
- 6th U.S. Infantry
- Presentation date
- July 15, 1902
The Citation
Sources ↓Most distinguished gallantry in rallying his men on the bridge after the line had been broken and pushed back.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- Bernard Albert Byrne — 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-000473
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-26
- Later or highest recorded rank
- Lieutenant Colonel
- Entered service at
- Washington, D.C.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 3b0fc8149160aa96b91b9adc212a4118a1051cb2d53aebfbbca81c4be06ab231
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
The current profile expands the middle name, retains Captain as the action rank and Lieutenant Colonel as the highest/later rank, and replaces the inherited country-level location with Bobong, Negros.