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Medal of Honor Recipient

David John Scannell

U.S. Marine Corps · China Relief Expedition (Boxer Rebellion)

MOH-RC-002649Source-based record

The award

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Navy Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1900

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Medal of Honor

June 20–22, 1900

China

Rank at action
Private
Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Conflict
China Relief Expedition (Boxer Rebellion)
Unit or command
Capt. Newt H. Hall's Marine Detachment, U.S.S. Newark

The Citation

Sources ↓
In the presence of the enemy during the action at Peking, China, 21 July to 17 August 1900. Throughout this period, Scannell distinguished himself by meritorious conduct.

Sources & record notes

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

  1. David John Scannell — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-31

    current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison

Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
Award ID
MOH-AW-002661
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-31
Recorded order reference (not verified against the original)
55
Accredited to
Massachusetts
Archive transcription SHA-256
891d9111c210636cff6e0c18dbef1418a051dd3cbeaf7942515d0e8a9af31bbf

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

Current reference profile confirms the expanded name, Capt. Newt H. Hall's Marine Detachment aboard U.S.S. Newark, and the June 20–22, 1900 China action range. Recovery provenance: the prior live-verification result is reconstructed because the described P10-C060–P10-C062 restart files were not physically available; the verified P10-C059 authority, retained web-reference metadata, legacy record, and prior session evidence are all preserved.

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