b. ? d. 01/03/1880 ?

 

DATE OF MOH ACTION: 20/10/1869 Chiricahua Mountains, Arizona.

 

Indian Campaigns Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He served as a Corporal in the United States Army in Company G, 8th U.S. Cavalry. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for action on October 20, 1869 at Chiricahua Mountains, Arizona.

 

MOH CITATION:

 

Gallantry in action.

 

BURIAL LOCATION: SAINT JOHNS CEMETERY, WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS.

Pacific Section, Row 5, Lot 42 (BURIED AS JOHN COLEMAN).