Medal of Honor
July 1, 1898
Santiago, Cuba
- Rank at action
- Private
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- Spanish-American War
- Unit or command
- Company H, 21st U.S. Infantry
The Citation
Sources ↓Gallantly assisted in the rescue of the wounded from in front of the lines and under heavy fire from the enemy.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- John Francis Deswan — 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-000481
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-26
- Entered service at
- Philadelphia, Pa.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- bf9b199611f2bd8c566b04b648cd1f47f502836a064a2f5f75de358c858d78ff
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
The current profile expands the middle name and normalizes the inherited spaced surname “De Swan” to the canonical Deswan form. The canonical profile was resolved through archival reference search outside the inherited candidate set.