Medal of Honor
July 1, 1898
El Caney, Cuba
- Rank at action
- Private
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- Spanish-American War
- Unit or command
- Company C, 17th U.S. Infantry
The Citation
Sources ↓Gallantly assisted in the rescue of the wounded from in front of the lines and while under heavy fire of the enemy.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- George Francis Berg — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-26
current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison
Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
- Award ID
- MOH-AW-000467
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-26
- Later or highest recorded rank
- Master Sergeant Ret.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- e8838e94c3f5ae7e829a569d68aa299e08d37c6009161e6e626a8bc250e42af3
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
Private is retained as the action rank and Master Sergeant Ret. as the highest/later rank. The current profile expands the middle name and records the historical alias “Burg, George.” The canonical profile was resolved through archival reference search outside the inherited candidate set.