Medal of Honor
July 17, 1882
Big Dry Wash, Arizona, USA
- Rank at action
- First Lieutenant
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- Indian Campaigns
- Unit or command
- 6th U.S. Cavalry
The Citation
Sources ↓Rallied his command and led it in the advance against the enemy's fortifled position.
Separately preserved current-source wording
Captured from the linked current recipient source; it is not a new comparison with an original General Order.
Rallied his command and led it in the advance against the enemy's fortified position.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- Frank West — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-28
current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison
Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
- Award ID
- MOH-AW-001339
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-28
- Later or highest recorded rank
- Colonel
- Entered service at
- Mohawk, N.Y.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- d0634cdf543252a91bebf16dbcb644b50eed9228937f47ba5087b67ecded5ee6
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
The current profile confirms the identity and corrects the inherited OCR form of fortified; both renderings remain preserved.