Medal of Honor citation
Rank and organization: Private, Company A, 43d Infantry, U.S. Volunteers. Place and date: At Hilongas, Leyte, Philippine Islands, May 6, 1900. Entered service at: Altoona, Pa. Birth: Spruce Creek, Pa. Date of issue: March 11, 1902.
Citation:
Charged an occupied bastion, saving the life of an officer in a hand-to-hand combat and destroying the enemy.
Medal of Honor citation
Rank and organization: Private, Company A, 43d Infantry, U.S. Volunteers. Place and date: At Hilongas, Leyte, Philippine Islands, May 6, 1900. Entered service at: Altoona, Pa. Birth: Spruce Creek, Pa. Date of issue: March 11, 1902.
Citation:
Charged an occupied bastion, saving the life of an officer in a hand-to-hand combat and destroying the enemy.