Medal of Honor
March 25, 1899
at Tuliahan River, Philippine Islands
- Rank at action
- Major Surgeon
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- Philippine Insurrection
- Unit or command
- U.S. Volunteers
- Presentation date
- November 22, 1906
The Citation
Sources ↓Voluntarily exposed himself to the fire of the enemy and went with 4 men to the relief of 2 native Filipinos Iying wounded about 150 yards in front of the lines and personally carried one of them to a place of safety.
Separately preserved current-source wording
Captured from the linked current recipient source; it is not a new comparison with an original General Order.
Voluntarily exposed himself to the fire of the enemy and went with four men to the relief of two native Filipinos lying wounded about 150 yards in front of the lines and personally carried one of them to a place of safety.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- George Franklin Shiels — 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-000539
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-26
- Entered service at
- California
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 7ffc00e391f21ce2dec57abb2a9d3b46d1966300b678ab988aec09a15dbe413f
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
The current official profile confirms identity and action date and records canonical name George Franklin Shiels; action rank Major Surgeon; unit U.S. Volunteers; conflict Philippine Insurrection; historical action place at Tuliahan River, Philippine Islands.