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Medal of Honor Recipient

James F Merton

U.S. Navy · Korean Campaign 1871

MOH-RC-002526Source-based record

The award

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Navy Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1871

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Medal of Honor

June 9–10, 1871

Korean Forts, Korea

Rank at action
Landsman
Service
U.S. Navy
Conflict
Korean Campaign 1871
Unit or command
Ship's Company D, U.S.S. Colorado

The Citation

Sources ↓
Landsman and member of Company D during the capture of the Korean forts, 9 and 10 June 1871, Merton was severely wounded in the arm while trying to force his way into the fort.

Sources & record notes

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

  1. James F Merton — 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-002537
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-31
Recorded order reference (not verified against the original)
180
Later or highest recorded rank
Carpenter
Archive transcription SHA-256
aae44a847a93ade79fe54b35e826aaa913dd5e7c4f4bf3e6219c5152daf21f9c

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

The structured profile gives June 9, 1871, while the citation describes June 9 and 10. The two-day citation chronology is controlled while the structured date remains separately attributed. 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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