Jacob Yeager

MEDAL OF HONOR CITATION

Seized a shell with fuze burning that had fallen in the ranks of his company and threw it into a stream, thereby probably saving his comrades from injury.

Rank: Private
Conflicts: Civil War
Organization: U.S. Army

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