Medal of Honor
April 21, 1914–April 22, 1914
Vera Cruz, Mexico
- Rank at action
- Lieutenant
- Service
- U.S. Navy
- Conflict
- Mexican Campaign (Vera Cruz)
- Unit or command
- Not documented
- Presentation date
- December 4, 1915
The Citation
Sources ↓For distinguished conduct in battle, engagements of Vera Cruz, 21 and 22 April 1914. Lt. Wainwright was eminent and conspicuous in command of his battalion; was in the fighting of both days, and exhibited courage and skill in leading his men through action. In seizing the customhouse, he encountered for many hours the heaviest and most pernicious concealed fire of the entire day, but his courage and coolness under trying conditions were marked.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- Richard Wainwright Jr — 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-002749
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-31
- Recorded order reference (not verified against the original)
- 177
- Later or highest recorded rank
- Lieutenant Commander
- Accredited to
- District of Columbia
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- f4b7a39c663a18a0b239149bec8b0246b8cf3d10a26e6c7104061292cf725e55
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; rendered current reference profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
The structured profile gives April 21, 1914, while the citation covers the engagements of April 21–22. The complete two-day chronology is controlled; Lieutenant and later Lieutenant Commander remain distinct.