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CPL. CLINTON GREAVES MEDAL OF HONOR WAR MEMORIAL

CPL. CLINTON GREAVES MEDAL OF HONOR WAR MEMORIAL
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Listing Details

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Location: FORT BAYARD

City: BAYARD

State: New Mexico

Zip Code: 88023

Type of Memorial: Medal of Honor War Memorials

Access: Public

Wars Commemorated: INDIAN WARS

Photograph By: R. CRAIG BELL (FROM WIKIMEDIA COMMONS)

Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org

Clinton Greaves (August 12, 1855 – August 18, 1906) was a Buffalo Soldier in the United States Army and a recipient of America’s highest military decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in the Indian Wars of the western United States
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company C, 9th U.S. Cavalry. Place and date: At Florida Mountains, N. Mex., January 24, 1877. Entered service at: Prince George’s County, Md. Birth: Madison County, Va. Date of issue: June 26, 1879.

Citation:

While part of a small detachment to persuade a band of renegade Apache Indians to surrender, his group was surrounded. Cpl. Greaves in the center of the savage hand-to-hand fighting, managed to shoot and bash a gap through the swarming Apaches, permitting his companions to break free.


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