Medal of Honor
May 13, 1899
San Miguel de Mayumo, Luzon, Philippine Islands
- Rank at action
- Captain
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- Philippine Insurrection
- Unit or command
- 3d U.S. Artillery
- Presentation date
- July 15, 1902
The Citation
Sources ↓With 12 men charged and routed 300 of the enemy.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- William Edward Birkhimer — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-28
current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison
Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
- Award ID
- MOH-AW-001352
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-28
- Later or highest recorded rank
- Brigadier General U.S.A. Ret.
- Entered service at
- Iowa
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 5a2fd0e4f75a0cb3a110ff11ef403c1445e8a377a31be87eb8f07f7dde038621
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
Current reference profile confirms identity and core action metadata; legacy full citation text and source-row provenance are retained; General Order comparison remains pending.