Medal of Honor
April 27, 1899
Calumpit, Luzon, Philippine Islands
- Rank at action
- Private
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- Philippine Insurrection
- Unit or command
- Company B, 20th Kansas Volunteer Infantry
- Presentation date
- March 11, 1902
The Citation
Sources ↓Swam the Rio Grande de Pampanga in face of the enemy's fire and fastened a rope to occupied trenches, thereby enabling the crossing of the river and the driving of the enemy from his fortified position.
Sources & record notes
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Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
- Award ID
- MOH-AW-000558
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-26
- Entered service at
- Kansas City, Kans.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 57e1d10710b2d99c37b164aea16fd88d4eeab74776876273bd97af1fea3dafe0
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
The current official profile confirms the identity, unit, date, and historical Luzon wording.