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Indian Campaigns - U.S. Army

Matthias Walter Day

Details
  • Rank: Second Lieutenant (Highest Rank: Colonel, Ret.)
  • Conflict/Era: Indian Campaigns
  • Unit/Command:
    9th U.S. Cavalry
  • Military Service Branch: U.S. Army
  • Medal of Honor Action Date: September 18, 1879
  • Medal of Honor Action Place: Las Animas Canyon, New Mexico, USA
Citation

Advanced alone into the enemy's lines and carried off a wounded soldier of his command under a hot fire and after he had been ordered to retreat.

Medal of Honor Recipient Matthias W. Day
Medal of Honor Recipient Matthias W. Day
Additional Details
  • Accredited to: Oberlin, Lorain County, Ohio
  • Awarded Posthumously: No
  • Presentation Date & Details: May 7, 1890
  • Born: August 8, 1853, Mansfield, Richland County, OH, United States
  • Died: September 12, 1927, Los Angeles, CA, United States
  • Buried: San Francisco National Cemetery (PM) OS-2-11, San Francisco, CA, United States
 

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