John Wetherby

MEDAL OF HONOR CITATION

While carrying important orders on the battlefield, was desperately wounded and, being unable to walk, crawled far enough to deliver his orders.

Rank: Private
Conflicts: Philippine Insurrection
Organization: U.S. Army

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