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Medal of Honor Recipient

Cyrus Hayden

U.S. Navy · Korean Campaign 1871

MOH-RC-002387Source-based record

The award

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Navy Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1871

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Medal of Honor

June 11, 1871

Korean Forts, Korea

Rank at action
Carpenter
Service
U.S. Navy
Conflict
Korean Campaign 1871
Unit or command
Ship's Company D, U.S.S. Colorado

The Citation

Sources ↓
On board the U.S.S. Colorado during the attack and capture of the Korean forts, 11 June 1871. Serving as color bearer of the battalion, Hayden planted his flag on the ramparts of the citadel and protected it under a 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. Cyrus Hayden — 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-002398
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-30
Recorded order reference (not verified against the original)
169
Accredited to
Maine
Archive transcription SHA-256
e719d7b2f9833c1fb2db66c7e77b857f7c14b7b39e346807f82e829190640a34

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 Ship's Company D, U.S.S. Colorado; the current structured profile renders Ship's Company D, U.S.S. Colorado, and the inherited wording Not documented remains preserved as a separately attributed variant. The current authoritative evidence controls the action date as 1871-06-11 and classifies the action under Korean Campaign 1871; the inherited unnormalized date and conflict values remain preserved in the audit record. The controlled historical action place is Korean Forts, Korea; the current structured place Korean Forts, Korea and the complete inherited geocoder value South Korea 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.