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Location: NORTH LAKESHORE DRIVE AND PRYCE STREET

City: LAKE CHARLES

State: Louisiana

Zip Code: 70601

Type of Memorial: Medal of Honor Plaques

Year Dedicated: 1998

Access: Public

Wars Commemorated: INDIAN WARS

Photograph By: CAJUN SCRAMBLER


Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company F, 9th U.S. Cavalry. Place and date: At Kickapoo Springs, Tex., 20 May 1870. Entered service at. ——. Birth: Carroll Parish, La. Date of issue: 28 June 1870.
Citation.

Gallantry on scout after Indians.

First African-American regular to receive the Medal of Honor.

SEE ALSO-LOUISIANA RECIPIENTS CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR WAR MEMORIAL FOUNTAIN


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