Medal of Honor
April 27, 1899
Calumpit, Luzon, Philippine Islands
- Rank at action
- Private
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- Philippine Insurrection
- Unit or command
- Company B, 20th Kansas Volunteer Infantry
- Presentation date
- March 11, 1902
The Citation
Sources ↓Swam the Rio Grande de Pampanga in face of the enemy's fire and fastened a rope to the occupied trenches, thereby enabling the crossing of the river and the driving of the enemy from his fortified position.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- William Beattie Trembley — 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-000546
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-26
- Later or highest recorded rank
- Major
- Entered service at
- Kansas City, Kans.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 26049da7c7bc7652486a260da278f0916532168a3e9926152994df8997491aa8
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
The current official profile expands the middle name, preserves Private as the action rank and Major as the later rank, and supplies historical Luzon wording.