Medal of Honor
May 13, 1899
San Miguel de Mayumo, Luzon, Philippine Islands
- Rank at action
- Private
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- Philippine Insurrection
- Unit or command
- Company B, 2d Oregon Volunteer Infantry
- Presentation date
- January 24, 1906
The Citation
Sources ↓With 11 other scouts, without waiting for the supporting battalion to aid them or to get into position to do so, charged over a distance of about 150 yards and completely routed about 300 of the enemy, who were in line and in a position that could only be carried by a frontal attack.
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With 11 other scouts without waiting for the supporting battalion to aid them or to get into a position to do so, charged over a distance of about 150 yards and completely routed about 300 of the enemy, who were in line and in a position that could only be carried by a frontal attack.
Sources & record notes
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- Edward Eugene Lyon — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-26
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Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
- Award ID
- MOH-AW-000510
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-26
- Entered service at
- Amboy, Wash.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- f781b963062d15fffcdc8d11b5d7e547f534796ec3b2353157b006e388e3a1d5
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 Edward Eugene Lyon; conflict Philippine Insurrection; historical action place San Miguel de Mayumo, Luzon, Philippine Islands.