Medal of Honor
December 19, 1899
San Mateo, Luzon, Philippine Islands
- Rank at action
- Sergeant
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- Philippine Insurrection
- Unit or command
- Company M, 27th Infantry, U.S. Volunteers
The Citation
Sources ↓Attempted under a heavy fire of the enemy to swim a river for the purpose of obtaining and returning with a canoe.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- Edward Herrick Gibson — 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-000490
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-26
- Entered service at
- Boston, Mass.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- d5432a24682222cb971d8c085e27967a60f3662313e122b9c3e678a6a224e421
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
The current profile expands the middle name, supplies the U.S. Volunteers component, and replaces the inherited California geocoder result with San Mateo, Luzon.