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Medal of Honor Recipient

Henry Wilkens

U.S. Army · Indian Campaigns

MOH-RC-001801Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1877

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Medal of Honor

August 20, 1877

Little Muddy Creek and Camas Meadows, Montana and Idaho, USA

Rank at action
First Sergeant
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
Indian Campaigns
Unit or command
Company L, 2d U.S. Cavalry

The Citation

Sources ↓
Bravery in actions with Indians.

Sources & record notes

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

  1. Henry Wilkens — 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-001809
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-29
Later or highest recorded rank
Ordnance Sergeant
Archive transcription SHA-256
b91c9d49aae98a2ebb8dd2ac967d4776d82242eafd5ca7fcdd52a5695fc3dd3d

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

The current profile records later/highest rank Ordnance Sergeant. The current historical action-place wording replaces only the controlled canonical geocoder field; the complete inherited place remains preserved.

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