Medal of Honor Recipient

Thomas J Graves

U.S. Army · Spanish-American War

MOH-RC-000486Source-based record

The award

Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1898

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Rank at action: Private
Service: U.S. Army
Conflict: Spanish-American War
Unit or command: Company C, 17th U.S. Infantry

The Citation

Gallantly assisted in the rescue of the wounded from in front of the lines and under heavy fire from the enemy.

Sources & record notes

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

Thomas J Graves — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-26
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Transcription, metadata & provenance notes

Award ID: MOH-AW-000492
Transcription status: Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check: 2026-08-26
Later or highest recorded rank: Quartermaster Sergeant
Entered service at: Millville, Ind.
Archive transcription SHA-256: bf9b199611f2bd8c566b04b648cd1f47f502836a064a2f5f75de358c858d78ff

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

The current profile retains Private as the action rank and Quartermaster Sergeant as the highest/later rank and confirms the El Caney action place.