Medal of Honor
July 21–August 17, 1900
Peking, China
- Rank at action
- Private
- Service
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Conflict
- China Relief Expedition (Boxer Rebellion)
- Unit or command
- U.S.S. Oregon
The Citation
Sources ↓Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- William Charlie Horton — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-30
current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison
Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
- Award ID
- MOH-AW-002421
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-30
- Recorded order reference (not verified against the original)
- 55
- Entered service at
- Pennsylvania
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 605116e6b2daf297cdac2ec5b7f606d5e170d578f8ac291a547077634a0ba5e6
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; rendered current reference profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
The canonical reference profile was recovered through a controlled archival reference search outside the inherited candidate set and then confirmed by substantive comparison of identity, service, rank, unit or command, action context, and citation; successful rendering alone was not treated as verification. The exact current profile heading is William M. charlie Horton; the controlled display name is William Charlie Horton, and both forms remain preserved. The controlled canonical unit or command is U.S.S. Oregon; the current structured profile renders U.S.S. Oregon, and the inherited wording Not documented remains preserved as a separately attributed variant. The controlled action-date display is July 21–August 17, 1900; the current structured source value and any fuller citation chronology remain separately attributed. The controlled historical action place is Peking, China; the current structured place Peking, China and the complete inherited geocoder value Beijing, Beijing, China remain preserved in the audit evidence. The canonical reference profile was recovered through a controlled archival reference search outside the inherited candidate set. Its exact displayed heading is William M. charlie Horton; the inherited William Charlie Horton form remains the controlled display name, and the Society heading is preserved as a current-source variant. The inherited full citation remains canonical and checksum-protected; current rendered wording is preserved separately where transcribed. No underlying General Order was examined, so the exact-order gate remains pending and no General Order verification is claimed.