Medal of Honor
June 30, 1898
Tayabacoa, Cuba
- Rank at action
- Private
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- Spanish-American War
- Unit or command
- Troop G, 10th U.S. Cavalry
The Citation
Sources ↓Voluntarily went ashore in the face of the enemy and aided in the rescue of his wounded comrades; this after several previous attempts at rescue had been frustrated.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- William H Thompkins — 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-000544
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-26
- Later or highest recorded rank
- Sergeant
- Entered service at
- Paterson, N.J.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 6c38a32f9005245d0147bca249c0ca7f2c49444e5c5bcbc406421f5dd2bd5b51
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
The current official profile confirms the identity and Spanish-American War action and preserves Private as the action rank and Sergeant as the later rank.