Medal of Honor
December 4, 1899
Vigan, Luzon, Philippine Islands
- Rank at action
- Private
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- Philippine Insurrection
- Unit or command
- Company B, 33d Infantry, U.S. Volunteers
- Presentation date
- October 1, 1902
The Citation
Sources ↓Fought for hours Iying between 2 dead comrades, notwithstanding his hat was pierced, his clothing plowed through by bullets, and his face cut and bruised by flying gravel.
Separately preserved current-source wording
Captured from the linked current recipient source; it is not a new comparison with an original General Order.
Fought for hours lying between two dead comrades, notwithstanding his hat was pierced, his clothing plowed through by bullets, and his face cut and bruised by flying gravel.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- James McConnell — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-26
current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison
Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
- Award ID
- MOH-AW-000513
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-26
- Entered service at
- Detroit, Mich.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 18c7b8644e32da6e94f2978913a5d17293fa961d95c035dda6c071ea271f9c4d
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
The current official profile confirms identity and action date and records canonical name James McConnell; unit Company B, 33d Infantry, U.S. Volunteers; conflict Philippine Insurrection; historical action place Vigan, Luzon, Philippine Islands.