John Kenyon

MEDAL OF HONOR CITATION

Voluntarily left a retiring column, returned in face of the enemy's fire, helped a wounded man upon a horse, and so enable him to escape capture or death.

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

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