Medal of Honor
October 19, 1899
near San Isidro, Luzon, Philippine Islands
- Rank at action
- Sergeant
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- Philippine Insurrection
- Unit or command
- Company I, 22d U.S. Infantry
- Presentation date
- April 18, 1902
The Citation
Sources ↓Most distinguished gallantry in action. Captured a bridge with the detachment he commanded and held it against a superior force of the enemy, thereby enabling an army to come up and cross.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- Charles W Ray — 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-000532
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-26
- Entered service at
- St. Louis, Mo.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 8e01a26288960143fff4f637eea46a59e0562577286cfcda2ee053a61420be59
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
The current official profile confirms identity and action date and records canonical name Charles W Ray; unit Company I, 22d U.S. Infantry; conflict Philippine Insurrection; historical action place near San Isidro, Luzon, Philippine Islands. The current profile corrects the inherited company-letter transcription from numeral 1 to Company I.