Medal of Honor
July 8, 1869
Republican River, Kansas, USA
- Rank at action
- Corporal
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- Indian Campaigns
- Unit or command
- Company M, 5th U.S. Cavalry
The Citation
Sources ↓This soldier and 2 others were attacked by 8 Indians, but beat them off and badly wounded 2 of them.
Separately preserved current-source wording
Captured from the linked current recipient source; it is not a new comparison with an original General Order.
This soldier and two others were attacked by eight Indians, but beat them off and badly wounded two of them.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- John Kyle — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-28
current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison
Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
- Award ID
- MOH-AW-001298
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-28
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 17880a8757586c5365e12a73bdf56047b8881d3dd9ae5e00ef6fe429a6aa5fa8
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
The current official profile records John Kile as an alternate name; the archive keeps one canonical identity with the alias attached.