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Medal of Honor Recipient

William Russell Parnell

U.S. Army · Indian Campaigns

MOH-RC-001308Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1877

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Medal of Honor

June 17, 1877

White Bird Canyon, Idaho, USA

Rank at action
First Lieutenant
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
Indian Campaigns
Unit or command
1st U.S. Cavalry

The Citation

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With a few men, in the face of a heavy fire from pursuing Indians and at imminent peril, returned and rescued a soldier whose horse had been killed and who had been left behind in the retreat.
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With a few men, in the face of a heavy fire from pursuing Indians and in imminent peril, returned and rescued a soldier whose horse had been killed and who had been left behind in the retreat.

Sources & record notes

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  1. William Russell Parnell — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-28

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Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
Award ID
MOH-AW-001315
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-28
Later or highest recorded rank
Colonel
Entered service at
New York
Archive transcription SHA-256
e821917308b2932e0d2f3d310b6fca48fe14c84ccc93f389a87c4d81386c7277

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.

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