Medal of Honor
July 2, 1909
Patian Island, Philippine Islands
- Rank at action
- Sergeant
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- Philippine Insurrection
- Unit or command
- Troop B, 6th U.S. Cavalry
The Citation
Sources ↓While in action against hostile Moros, voluntarily advanced alone, in the face of a heavy fire, to within about 15 yards of the hostile position and refastened to a tree a block and tackle used in checking the recoil of a mountain gun.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- Joseph Henderson — 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-000498
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-26
- Later or highest recorded rank
- First Sergeant
- Entered service at
- Leavenworth, Kans.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 8c4dc00f154e38b031092a58f2e8a1fe7407f17dcd372f5c2bfb20124edc218f
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
The current profile preserves Sergeant as the action rank and First Sergeant as the highest/later rank and replaces the inherited country-level location with Patian Island.