Jean Beaufort

MEDAL OF HONOR CITATION

Volunteered to go within the enemy’s lines and at the head of a party of 8 destroyed a signal station, thereby greatly aiding in the operations against Port Hudson that immediately followed.

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

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