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CORPORAL WILLIAM OTHELLO WILSON MEDAL OF HONOR MEMORIAL PLAQUE

CORPORAL WILLIAM OTHELLO WILSON MEDAL OF HONOR MEMORIAL PLAQUE
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Listing Details

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Location: JONATHAN STREET AND PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE

City: HAGERSTOWN

State: Maryland

Zip Code: 21740

Type of Memorial: Medal of Honor Plaques

Access: Public

Wars Commemorated: INDIAN WARS

Photograph By: CHRISTOPHER BUSTA-PECK

Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org

Rank and organization: Corporal, Company I, 9th U.S. Cavalry. Place and date: Sioux Campaign, 1890. Entered service at: St. Paul, Minn. Birth: Hagerstown, Md. Date of issue: September 17, 1891.

Citation:

December 30, 1890. Private (then Corporal) William O. Wilson, Troop I, 9th Cavalry: For gallantry in carrying a message for assistance through country occupied by the enemy, when the wagon train under escort of Captain Loud was attacked by hostile Sioux Indians, near the Pine Ridge Agency, South Dakota.


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