Medal of Honor
April 1, 1899
near Tagalli, Samoa
- Rank at action
- Sergeant
- Service
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Conflict
- Samoa Campaign
- Unit or command
- Not documented
The Citation
Sources ↓Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- Bruno Albert Forsterer — 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-002339
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-30
- Recorded order reference (not verified against the original)
- 55
- Accredited to
- Massachusetts
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 21df0dda19950f647749ebf321f6f5acdcc5127c3d8b4db8dbfc5a1ffd1ef505
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 Not documented; the current structured profile renders Not documented, and the inherited wording Not documented remains preserved as a separately attributed variant. The current authoritative evidence controls the action date as 1899-04-01 and classifies the action under Samoa Campaign; the inherited unnormalized date and conflict values remain preserved in the audit record. The controlled historical action place is near Tagalli, Samoa; the current structured place near Tagalli, Samoa and the complete inherited geocoder value Unknown remain preserved in the audit evidence. 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.