Medal of Honor
April 13, 1911
Agua Prieta, Mexico
- Rank at action
- Captain
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- Mexican Campaign (Vera Cruz)
- Unit or command
- Troop K, 1st U.S. Cavalry
- Presentation date
- November 23, 1912
The Citation
Sources ↓Crossed the field of fire to obtain the permission of the rebel commander to receive the surrender of the surrounded forces of Mexican Federals and escort such forces, together with 5 Americans held as prisoners, to the American line.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- Julien Edmund Gaujot — 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-000488
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-26
- Later or highest recorded rank
- Colonel
- Entered service at
- Williamson, W. Va.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- d8777c81940016b714607308c74e891182ddd0c74efc839b4f1e1168dea1b4e5
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
The current profile expands the middle name, classifies the award under the Mexican Campaign (Vera Cruz), preserves Captain as the action rank and Colonel as the highest/later rank, and normalizes the action place to Agua Prieta, Mexico.