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Medal of Honor Recipient

Bolden Reush Harrison

U.S. Navy · Action Against Outlaws, Philippines 1911

MOH-RC-002381Source-based record

The award

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Navy Medal of HonorRecorded presentation: 1911

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Medal of Honor

September 24, 1911

near the village of Mundang, Basilan Island, Philippine Islands

Rank at action
Seaman
Service
U.S. Navy
Conflict
Action Against Outlaws, Philippines 1911
Unit or command
U.S.S. Pampanga
Presentation date
December 13, 1911

The Citation

Sources ↓
While attached to the U.S.S. Pampang, Harrison was one of a shore party moving in to capture Mundang, on the island of Basilan, Philippine Islands, on 24 September 1911. Harrison instantly responded to the calls for help when the advance scout party investigating a group of nipa huts close to the trail, was suddenly taken under point-blank fire and rushed by approximately 20 enemy Moros attacking from inside the huts and from other concealed positions. Armed with a double-barreled shotgun, he concentrated his blasting fire on the outlaws, destroying 3 of the Moros and assisting in the rout of the remainder. By his aggressive charging of the enemy under heavy fire and in the face of great odds, Harrison contributed materially to the success of the engagement.
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While attached to the U.S.S. Pampang, Harrison was one of a shore party moving in to capture Mundang, on the island of Basilan, P.I., 24 September 1911. Harrison instantly responded to the calls for help when the advance scout party investigating a group of nipa huts close to the trail was suddenly taken under point-blank fire and rushed by approximately 20 enemy Moros attacking from inside the huts and from other concealed positions. Armed with a double-barreled shotgun, he concentrated his blasting fire on the outlaws, destroying three of the Moros and assisting in the rout of the remainder. By his aggressive charging of the enemy under heavy fire and in the face of great odds, Harrison contributed materially to the success of the engagement.

Sources & record notes

General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.

  1. Bolden Reush Harrison — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-30

    current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison

Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
Award ID
MOH-AW-002392
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-30
Recorded order reference (not verified against the original)
138
Accredited to
Tennessee
Archive transcription SHA-256
6d112733e65fb38b73f7614502ff528245d546b68b2af0fe17860d98fc5df8b3

Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; rendered current reference profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.

The inherited rank-1 Society candidate was confirmed by substantive comparison of identity, service, rank, unit or command, action context, and citation; candidate rank or successful rendering alone was not treated as verification. The controlled canonical unit or command is U.S.S. Pampanga; the current structured profile renders U.S.S. Pampanga, and the inherited wording Not documented remains preserved as a separately attributed variant. The current authoritative evidence controls the action date as 1911-09-24 and classifies the action under Action Against Outlaws, Philippines 1911; the inherited unnormalized date and conflict values remain preserved in the audit record. The controlled historical action place is near the village of Mundang, Basilan Island, Philippine Islands; the current structured place near the village of Mundang, Basilan Island, Philippine Islands and the complete inherited geocoder value Basilan, Philippines remain preserved in the audit evidence. The structured unit field reads U.S.S. Pampanga, while the rendered citation reads U.S.S. Pampang; both exact official renderings are preserved and the structured form remains canonical. The inherited full citation remains canonical and checksum-protected; current rendered wording is preserved separately where transcribed. No underlying General Order was examined, so the exact-order gate remains pending and no General Order verification is claimed.

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