Unit/Command: Company C, 97th Pennsylvania Infantry
Military Service Branch: U.S. Army
Medal of Honor Action Date: August 29, 1864
Medal of Honor Action Place: Fort Hell, Petersburg, Virginia, USA
Citation
Went outside the trenches, under heavy fire at short-range, and rescued a comrade who had been wounded and thrown out of the trench by an exploding shell.
Medal of Honor Recipient George W. Walton
Additional Details
Accredited to: Upper Oxford Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania
Awarded Posthumously: No
Presentation Date & Details: August 6, 1902
Born: March 27, 1844, Upper Oxford Township, Chester County, PA, United States
Died: February 8, 1920, Oxford, PA, United States
Buried: Oxford Cemetery (MH) (C-14), Oxford, PA, United States