Medal of Honor
October 29, 1899
near Labo, Luzon, Philippine Islands
- Rank at action
- Captain Assistant Surgeon
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- Philippine Insurrection
- Unit or command
- 36th Infantry, U.S. Volunteers
- Presentation date
- March 14, 1902
The Citation
Sources ↓While in attendance upon the wounded and under a severe fire from the enemy, seized a carbine and beat off an attack upon wounded officers and men under his charge.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- George William Mathews — 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-000512
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-26
- Later or highest recorded rank
- Major Surgeon
- Entered service at
- Worcester, Mass.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 10b08bfb0b5dfda1a6b4064dbad8aed08c203a63fe0c94f0d74d264465b0a799
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 William Mathews; action rank Captain Assistant Surgeon; unit 36th Infantry, U.S. Volunteers; conflict Philippine Insurrection; historical action place near Labo, Luzon, Philippine Islands; later/highest rank Major Surgeon.