JAMES PATRICK LANNON MEDAL OF HONOR WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY STONE
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Listing Details
Type of Memorial: Medal of Honor Grave Stones
Access: Cemetery
Wars Commemorated: WORLD WAR I AND WORLD WAR II
Photograph By: ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY EXPLORER
Submitted By: PUBLIC DOMAIN
Lannon was awarded the Medal of Honor in 1915.
Citation: “For extraordinary heroism in battle, engagement of Vera Cruz, 22 April 1914. Lt. Lannon assisted a wounded man under heavy fire, and after returning to his battalion was himself desperately wounded.”
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