Medal of Honor
December 4, 1899
Vigan, Luzon, Philippine Islands
- Rank at action
- Lieutenant Colonel
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- Philippine Insurrection
- Unit or command
- 31st Infantry, U.S. Volunteers
- Presentation date
- December 17, 1902
The Citation
Sources ↓Pushed through the enemy's lines alone, during the night, from the beach to the beleaguered force at Vigan, and returned the following morning to report the condition of affairs to the Navy and secure assistance.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- Webb Cook Hayes — 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-000496
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-26
- Later or highest recorded rank
- Colonel
- Entered service at
- Fremont, Ohio
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 852bff6d4502bb181d1d2cf9a0e2c5a5f84e737558f088d32964c6e2aaf4b8dc
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
The current profile expands the middle name, supplies the U.S. Volunteers component, preserves Lieutenant Colonel as the action rank and Colonel as the highest/later rank, and replaces the inherited rail-station geocoder result with Vigan.