Matthias Day

MEDAL OF HONOR 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.

Rank: Second Lieutenant
Date of Issue: May 7, 1890
Conflicts: Indian Campaigns
Organization: U.S. Army

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