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Medal of Honor Recipient

William Palmer MacLay

U.S. Army · Philippine Insurrection

MOH-RC-000505Source-based record

The award

Representative medal image: 1896 Army ribbon pattern. Not a portrait or a photograph of this recipient’s own medal.
Army Medal of HonorRecorded presentation: 1902

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Medal of Honor

May 6, 1900

Hilongas, Leyte, Philippine Islands

Rank at action
Private
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
Philippine Insurrection
Unit or command
Company A, 43d Infantry, U.S. Volunteers
Presentation date
March 11, 1902

The Citation

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Charged an occupied bastion, saving the life of an officer in a hand-to-hand combat and destroying the enemy.
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Charged an occupied bastion, saving the life of an officer in a hand-to- hand combat and destroying the enemy.

Sources & record notes

General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.

  1. William Palmer MacLay — 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-000511
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-26
Later or highest recorded rank
First Lieutenant
Entered service at
Altoona, Pa.
Archive transcription SHA-256
aaf8336bc8438c5e1c03d9d215762da20818fb055dbdd0a00b8b42da1585b19d

Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.

The current official profile confirms identity and action date and records canonical name William Palmer MacLay; unit Company A, 43d Infantry, U.S. Volunteers; conflict Philippine Insurrection; historical action place Hilongas, Leyte, Philippine Islands; later/highest rank First Lieutenant.

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