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Medal of Honor Recipient

Charles P Cantrell

U.S. Army · Spanish-American War

MOH-RC-000468Source-based record

The award

Representative medal image: 1896 Army ribbon pattern. Not a portrait or a photograph of this recipient’s own medal.
Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1898

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Medal of Honor

July 1, 1898

Santiago, Cuba

Rank at action
Private
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
Spanish-American War
Unit or command
Company F, 10th U.S. Infantry

The Citation

Sources ↓
Gallantly assisted in the rescue of the wounded from in front of the lines and under heavy fire from the enemy.

Sources & record notes

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

  1. Charles P Cantrell — 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-000474
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-26
Entered service at
Nashville, Tenn.
Archive transcription SHA-256
bf9b199611f2bd8c566b04b648cd1f47f502836a064a2f5f75de358c858d78ff

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

The current profile confirms the Spanish-American War classification, Private rank, Company F assignment, action date, and source-rendered Santiago action place.