Medal of Honor
September 24, 1911
near the village of Mundang, Basilan Island, Philippine Islands
- Rank at action
- Carpenter's Mate Third Class
- Service
- U.S. Navy
- Conflict
- Action Against Outlaws, Philippines 1911
- Unit or command
- U.S.S. Pampanga
- Presentation date
- December 13, 1911
The Citation
Sources ↓While attached to the U.S.S. Pampang, Volz was one of a shore party moving in to capture Mundang, on the island of Basilan, Philippine Islands, on 24 September 1911. Investigating a group of nipa huts close to the trail, the advance scout party was suddenly taken under point-blank fire and rushed by approximately 20 enemy Moros attacking from inside the huts and other concealed positions. Volz responded instantly to calls for help and, finding all members of the scout party writhing on the ground but still fighting, he blazed his rifle into the outlaws with telling effect, destroying several of the Moros and assisting in the rout of the remainder. By his aggressive charging of the enemy under heavy fire and in the face of great odds, Volz contributed materially to the success of the engagement.
Sources & record notes
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Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
- Award ID
- MOH-AW-000548
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-26
- Recorded order reference (not verified against the original)
- 138
- Entered service at
- Nebraska
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 2f94ee440f67784a4293d69fbee5ede0c0962522518a790909acef5a13bb7abe
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
The current official profile supplies the U.S.S. Pampanga assignment, the 1911 outlaws classification, and the historical Mundang and Basilan Island location. The citation-rendered U.S.S. Pampang variant remains in the preserved citation text.