Medal of Honor
September 9, 1874
Upper Wichita River, Texas, USA
- Rank at action
- Sergeant
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- Indian Campaigns
- Unit or command
- Company I, 5th U.S. Infantry
The Citation
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- Fred Stewart Hay — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-29
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Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
- Award ID
- MOH-AW-001718
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-29
- Later or highest recorded rank
- Drum Major, ret.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- c08ca9ce106d13fd7ab610eee0bf46e902a9e27cb06616557aaa230000254287
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The current reference profile expands or corrects the inherited name from Fred S. Hay to Fred Stewart Hay. The current profile records later/highest rank Drum Major, ret.. Documented alternate-name rendering(s) are retained without creating a duplicate identity. The current historical action-place wording replaces only the controlled canonical geocoder field; the complete inherited place remains preserved.