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Medal of Honor Recipient

Dennis Bell

U.S. Army · Spanish-American War

MOH-RC-000458Source-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

June 30, 1898

Tayabacoa, Cuba

Rank at action
Private
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
Spanish-American War
Unit or command
Troop H, 10th U.S. Cavalry

The Citation

Sources ↓
Voluntarily went ashore in the face of the enemy and aided in the rescue of his wounded comrades; this after several previous attempts at rescue had been frustrated.

Sources & record notes

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

  1. Dennis Bell — 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-000464
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-26
Entered service at
Washington, D.C.
Archive transcription SHA-256
6c38a32f9005245d0147bca249c0ca7f2c49444e5c5bcbc406421f5dd2bd5b51

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, Troop H assignment, June 30, 1898 action date, and Tayabacoa action place.