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Medal of Honor Recipient

James B. Dozier

U.S. Army · Indian Campaigns

MOH-RC-002838Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1870

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Medal of Honor

1870-10-05

Wichita River, Texas, USA

Rank at action
Guide
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
Indian Campaigns
Unit or command
Indian Scouts

The Citation

Sources ↓
Gallantry in action and on the march. (In 1916, the general review of all Medals of Honor deemed 900 unwarranted. This recipient was one of them. In June 1989, the U.S. Army Board of Correction of Records restored the medal to this recipient.)

Sources & record notes

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

  1. James B. Dozier — Congressional Medal of Honor Society recipient profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-09-01

    current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison

Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
Award ID
MOH-AW-002852
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-09-01
Entered service at
Fort Richardson, Texas
Archive transcription SHA-256
ca0feab9169fa47901a1f37444acd32a12d268d58e6f6a0d16cc2fc57ac73a98

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

Inherited candidate rank 4 resolves to James B. Dozier. The Doshier/Dosher legacy forms remain aliases and comparison evidence.