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from Wisconsin during: The Mexican Campaign |
| The following pages contain the names of all Medal of Honor Recipients from Wisconsin that I have found. Please note that some of these Recipients are not officially accredited to Wisconsin. I have listed Recipients who were born in Wisconsin or lived in Wisconsin when they entered service; the U.S. Military may use different criteria. | |
Rank and organization: Lieutenant, U.S. Navy. Born:
8
February 1880. Appointed from: Wisconsin. G.O. No.: 177, 4 December
1915.
Citation: For distinguished conduct in battle, engagements of Vera
Cruz,
21 and 22 April 1914. Eminent and conspicuous in command of his
battalion,
Lt. Castle was in the fighting of both days, and exhibited courage and
skill in leading his men through action. In seizing the customhouse, he
encountered for many hours the heaviest and most pernicious concealed
fire
of the entire day, but his courage and coolness under trying conditions
were marked.
DeSOMER, ABRAHAM
Rank and organization: Lieutenant, U.S. Navy, U.S.S.
Utah.
Place and date: Vera Cruz, Mexico, 21 and 22 April 1914. Entered
service
at: Wisconsin. Birth: Milwaukee, Wis. Citation: On board the U.S.S.
Utah,
for extraordinary heroism in the line of his profession during the
seizure
of Vera Cruz, Mexico, 21 and 22 April 1914.
Rank and organization: Private, U.S. Marine Corps.
Born:
22 June 1876, Milwaukee, Wis. Accredited to: Wisconsin. G.O. No.: 55,
19
July 1901. Citation: In the presence of the enemy during the battle of
Pehng, China, 20 June to 16 July 1900. Throughout this period, Young
distinguished
himself by meritorious conduct.
Rank and organization: Captain, 36th Infantry, U.S.
Volunteers.
Place and date: Near Porac, Luzon, Philippine Islands, 17 October 1899.
Entered service at: Minneapolis, Minn. Born: 21 September 1860,
Milwaukee,
Wis. Date of issue: 8 March 1902. Citation: Led a successful charge
against
a superior force, capturing and dispersing the enemy and relieving
other
members of his regiment from a perilous position.
KINNE, JOHN B.
Rank and organization: Private, Company B, 1st North
Dakota
Infantry. Place and date: Near San Isidro, Philippine Islands, 16 May
1889.
Entered service at: Fargo, N. Dak. Birth: Beloit, Wis. Date of issue:
17
May 1906. Citation. With 21 other scouts charged across a burning
bridge,
under heavy fire, and completely routed 600 of the enemy who were
entrenched
in a strongly fortified position.
LYON, EDWARD E.
Rank and organization: Private, Company B, 2d Oregon
Volunteer
Infantry. Place and date: At San Miguel de Mayumo, Luzon, Philippine
Islands,
13 May 1899. Entered service at: Amboy, Wash. Birth: Hixton, Wis. Date
of issue: 24 January 1906. Citation: With 11 other scouts, without
waiting
for the supporting battalion to aid them or to get into position to do
so, charged over a
distance of about 150 yards and completely routed about
300 of the enemy, who were in line and in a position that could only be
carried by a frontal attack.
McGRATH, HUGH J.
Rank and organization: Captain, 4th U.S. Cavalry.
Place
and date: At Calamba, Luzon, Philippine Islands, 26 July 1899. Entered
service at: Eau Claire, Wis. Birth: Fond du Lac, Wis. Date of issue: 29
April 1902. Citation: Swam the San Juan River in the face of the
enemy's
fire and drove him from his entrenchments.
ROBERTSON, MARCUS W.
Rank and organization: Private, Company B, 2d Oregon
Volunteer
Infantry. Place and date: Near San Isidro, Philippine Islands, 16 May
1899.
Entered service at: Hood River, Oreg. Birth: Flintville, Wis. Date of
issue:
28 April 1906. Citation: With 21 other scouts charged across a burning
bridge, under heavy fire, and completely routed 600 of the enemy who
were
entrenched in a strongly fortified position.
Rank and organization:
Private,
Company C, 17th U.S. Infantry. Place and date: At El Caney, Cuba, 1
July
1898. Entered service at: Green County, Ohio. Birth: Byron, Wis. Date
of
issue: 21 June 1899. Citation: Gallantly assisted in the rescue of the
wounded from in front of the lines and under heavy fire from the enemy.
Rank and organization: Private, Company I, 5th U.S.
Infantry.
Place and date: At Cedar Creek, etc., Mont., October 1876 to January 1877. Entered service at: Wisconsin.
Birth. Cape Girardeau, Mo. Date of Issue: 27 April 1877. Citation:
Gallantry in action.
GOLDIN, THEODORE W.
Rank and organization: Private, Troop G, 7th U.S.
Cavalry.
Place and date: At Little Big Horn, Mont., 26 June 1876.
Entered service at: Chicago, Ill. Born: 25 July 1855,
Avon, Rock County, Wis. Date of issue: 21 December 1895.
Citation: One of a party of volunteers who, under a
heavy
fire from the Indians, went for and brought water to the
wounded .
HILL, FRANK E.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company E, 5th U.S.
Cavalry.
Place and date: At Date Creek, Ariz., 8 September
1872. Entered service at: ------. Birth: Mayfield, Wis.
Date of issue: 12 August 1875. Citation: Secured the person of a
hostile Apache Chief, although while holding the chief
he was severely wounded in the back by another Indian .
NOLAN, RICHARD J.
Rank and organization: Farrier, Company I, 7th U.S. Cavalry. Place and date: At White Clay Creek, S. Dak., 30 December 1890. Entered service at:------. Birth: Ireland. Date of issue: 1 April 1891. Citation: Bravery.
Rank and organization: Private, Company H, 6th U.S.
Cavalry.
Place and date: At Sappa Creek, Kans., 23 April 1875.
Entered service at: ------. Birth: Elba, Wis. Date of
issue: 16 November 1876. Citation: With 5 other men he waded in
mud and water up the creek to a position directly
behind
an entrenched Cheyenne position, who were using natural bank
pits to good advantage against the main column. This
surprise attack from the enemy rear broke their resistance.
WINDUS, CLARON A.
Rank and organization: Bugler, Company L, 6th U.S. Cavalry. Place and date: At Wichita River, Tex., 12 July 1870. Entered service at: ------. Birth: Janesville, Wis. Date of issue: 25 August 1870. Citation: Gallantry in action.
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since 12 February 1999