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Medal of Honor Recipient

Frederick Deetline

U.S. Army · Indian Campaigns

MOH-RC-001686Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1876

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Medal of Honor

June 25, 1876

Little Big Horn, Montana, USA

Rank at action
Private
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
Indian Campaigns
Unit or command
Company D, 7th U.S. Cavalry

The Citation

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Voluntarily brought water to the wounded under fire.
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Voluntarily brought water to wounded under fire.

Sources & record notes

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  1. Frederick Deetline — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-29

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Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
Award ID
MOH-AW-001694
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-29
Later or highest recorded rank
Quartermaster Sergeant
Entered service at
Baltimore, Md.
Archive transcription SHA-256
3bff4be4febbeef03687ee361e8d4984a4f6cab81d46c48bfb16e6ff1049c4fb

Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.

The current profile records later/highest rank Quartermaster Sergeant. The current historical action-place wording replaces only the controlled canonical geocoder field; the complete inherited place remains preserved. The current citation rendering and inherited citation remain stored independently with separate checksums.

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