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Medal of Honor Recipient

John E. Clancy

U.S. Army · Indian Campaigns

MOH-RC-001678Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1890

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Medal of Honor

December 29, 1890

Wounded Knee Creek, South Dakota, USA

Rank at action
Musician
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
Indian Campaigns
Unit or command
Company E, 1st U.S. Artillery

The Citation

Sources ↓
Twice voluntarily rescued wounded comrades under fire of the enemy.

Sources & record notes

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

  1. John E. Clancy — 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-001686
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-29
Later or highest recorded rank
First Sergeant Ret.
Archive transcription SHA-256
7af04ff565e11083b32edb11cb1db77a8fe439d6e0f0138dc61386391c524074

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

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

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