Medal of Honor
September 9, 1899
near Porac, Luzon, Philippine Islands
- Rank at action
- Lieutenant Colonel
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- Philippine Insurrection
- Unit or command
- 36th Infantry, U.S. Volunteers
- Presentation date
- July 16, 1902
The Citation
Sources ↓In advance of his regiment, rushed to the assistance of his colonel, charging, pistol in hand, 7 insurgents, and compelling surrender of all not killed or wounded.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- William Remsburg Grove — 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-000494
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-26
- Later or highest recorded rank
- Colonel
- Entered service at
- Denver, Colo.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- cd55ef629c7cfe61cde0f47595c527626411ef1914cb60d3a5d098b90f859e2a
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
The current profile expands the middle name, supplies the U.S. Volunteers component, preserves Lieutenant Colonel as the action rank and Colonel as the highest/later rank, and normalizes the action place to near Porac.