Philippine Insurrection Medal of Honor Recipient. He was issued the award on March 11, 1902 for his actions as a private with Company B, 20th Kansas Volunteer Infantry, US Army, on April 27, 1899 at Calumpit, Luzon, Philippine Islands. He later served as a 1st lieutenant during World War I. Following the war, he was the postmaster of Kansas City, Kansas from 1921 to 1935. He died at the age of 74. His Medal of Honor citation reads: "Swam the Rio Grande de Pampanga in face of the enemy's fire and fastened a rope to the occupied trenches, thereby enabling the crossing of the river and the driving of the enemy from his fortified position."
Philippine Insurrection Medal of Honor Recipient. He was issued the award on March 11, 1902 for his actions as a private with Company B, 20th Kansas Volunteer Infantry, US Army, on April 27, 1899 at Calumpit, Luzon, Philippine Islands. He later served as a 1st lieutenant during World War I. Following the war, he was the postmaster of Kansas City, Kansas from 1921 to 1935. He died at the age of 74. His Medal of Honor citation reads: "Swam the Rio Grande de Pampanga in face of the enemy's fire and fastened a rope to the occupied trenches, thereby enabling the crossing of the river and the driving of the enemy from his fortified position."
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