Congressional Medal of Honor Society
Stories of Sacrifice
Philippine Insurrection - U.S. Army
Louis Joseph van Schaick
Details
- Rank: First Lieutenant (Highest Rank: Colonel)
- Conflict/Era: Philippine Insurrection
- Unit/Command:
4th U.S. Infantry - Military Service Branch: U.S. Army
- Medal of Honor Action Date: November 23, 1901
- Medal of Honor Action Place: near Nasugbu, Batangas Provience, Luzon, Philippine Islands
Citation
While in pursuit of a band of insurgents, was the first of his detachment to emerge from a canyon and, seeing a column of insurgents and fearing they might turn and dispatch his men as they emerged one by one from the canyon, galloped forward and closed with the insurgents, thereby throwing them into confusion until the arrival of others of the detachment.
Additional Details
- Accredited to: Cobleskill, Schoharie County, New York
- Awarded Posthumously: No
- Presentation Date & Details: May 19, 1913
Presented by Pres. Woodrow Wilson
- Born: July 1, 1875, Cobleskill, Schoharie County, NY, United States
- Died: February 14, 1945, Philippine Islands
- Buried: Manilla American Cemetery, Manila, Philippine Islands