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Medal of Honor Recipient

Michael Owens

U.S. Marine Corps · Korean Campaign 1871

MOH-RC-002586Source-based record

The award

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Navy Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1871

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Medal of Honor

June 11, 1871

Korean Forts, Korea

Rank at action
Private
Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Conflict
Korean Campaign 1871
Unit or command
U.S.S. Colorado

The Citation

Sources ↓
On board the U.S.S. Colorado during the capture of Korean forts, 11 June 1871. Fighting courageously in hand-tohand combat, Owens was badly wounded by the enemy during this action.

Sources & record notes

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

  1. Michael Owens — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-31

    current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison

Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
Award ID
MOH-AW-002598
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-31
Recorded order reference (not verified against the original)
169
Accredited to
New York
Archive transcription SHA-256
3b192a2815226d10030f19cfaad8f37da097c3382a2f32df1afd2aa34d85e963

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

Current reference profile confirms Marine Corps service aboard USS Colorado and the June 11, 1871 Korean Forts action. Recovery provenance: the prior live-verification result is reconstructed because the described P10-C060–P10-C062 restart files were not physically available; the verified P10-C059 authority, retained web-reference metadata, legacy record, and prior session evidence are all preserved.

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