Medal of Honor
July 21, 1900–August 17, 1900
Peking, China
- Rank at action
- Private
- Service
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Conflict
- China Relief Expedition (Boxer Rebellion)
- Unit or command
- Not documented
The Citation
Sources ↓Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- Erwin Jay Boydston — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-30
current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison
Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
- Award ID
- MOH-AW-002214
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-30
- Recorded order reference (not verified against the original)
- 55
- Accredited to
- California
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- ef4c8be907c31a82fc726bc5ae198a29f85bfdbfefbd2f05efbb75e770e95c6c
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; rendered current reference profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
The inherited rank-1 Society candidate was confirmed by substantive comparison of identity, service, rank, action context, and citation; candidate rank or successful rendering alone was not treated as verification. The current profile records an action period from 1900-07-21 through 1900-08-17; the complete range is retained rather than reduced to one date. The controlled historical action place is Peking, China; the complete inherited geocoder value Beijing, Beijing, China remains preserved in the audit evidence. The current authoritative profile classifies the action under China Relief Expedition (Boxer Rebellion); the inherited unclassified value remains preserved in the audit record. No underlying General Order was examined, so the exact-order gate remains pending and no General Order verification is claimed.