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Medal of Honor Recipient

Harry Westley Orndoff

U.S. Marine Corps · China Relief Expedition (Boxer Rebellion)

MOH-RC-002581Source-based record

The award

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Navy Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1900

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Medal of Honor

June 20–22, 1900

China

Rank at action
Private
Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Conflict
China Relief Expedition (Boxer Rebellion)
Unit or command
Capt. Newt H. Hall's Marine Detachment, U.S.S. Newark

The Citation

Sources ↓
In action with the relief expedition of the Allied forces in China, 13, 20, 21, and 22 June 1900. During this period and in the presence of the enemy, Orndoff distinguished himself by meritorious conduct.

Sources & record notes

General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.

  1. Harry Westley Orndoff — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-31

    current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison

Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
Award ID
MOH-AW-002593
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-31
Recorded order reference (not verified against the original)
55
Accredited to
California
Archive transcription SHA-256
559628b7cb3a8c8a5f68bc5264c01f8ab5861d945003ed8ab0e446d69291ce7c

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

Current reference profile confirms the expanded name, Orndof spelling variant, Marine detachment aboard USS Newark, and the June 20–22, 1900 action range. Recovery provenance: the prior live-verification result is reconstructed because the described P10-C060–P10-C062 restart files were not physically available; the verified P10-C059 authority, retained web-reference metadata, legacy record, and prior session evidence are all preserved.

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