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Medal of Honor Recipient

John O'Dea

U.S. Army · Civil War

MOH-RC-001560Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1863

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Medal of Honor

May 22, 1863

Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA

Rank at action
Private
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
Civil War
Unit or command
Company D, 8th Missouri Infantry

The Citation

Sources ↓
Gallantry in the charge of the "volunteer storming party."

Sources & record notes

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

  1. John O'Dea — 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-001568
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-29
Entered service at
Clinton, DeWitt County, Ill.
Archive transcription SHA-256
c9d98d3ce07aa7fc941b3e2f050b122f1749afb9fe457d17e9a11f429803968f

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

Current reference profile confirms identity and core action metadata; legacy full citation text and source-row provenance are retained; General Order comparison remains pending.

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