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Medal of Honor Recipient

Harry Leroy Hawthorne

U.S. Army · Indian Campaigns

MOH-RC-001709Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1890

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Medal of Honor

December 29, 1890

Wounded Knee Creek, South Dakota, USA

Rank at action
Second Lieutenant
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
Indian Campaigns
Unit or command
2d U.S. Artillery

The Citation

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Distinguished conduct in battle with hostile Indians.

Sources & record notes

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  1. Harry Leroy Hawthorne — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-29

    current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison

Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
Award ID
MOH-AW-001717
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-29
Later or highest recorded rank
Colonel
Entered service at
Kentucky
Archive transcription SHA-256
52b746cd5f956fcc250f2d0490a6712758d49e2bfd2f40493b894ae41290959a

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

The current reference profile expands or corrects the inherited name from Harry L. Hawthorne to Harry Leroy Hawthorne. The current profile records later/highest rank Colonel. The current historical action-place wording replaces only the controlled canonical geocoder field; the complete inherited place remains preserved.

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