Joseph Cecil

MEDAL OF HONOR CITATION

While at the head of the column about to assault the first cotta under a superior fire at short range personally carried to a sheltered position a wounded man and the body of one who was killed beside him.

Rank: First Lieutenant
Conflicts: Philippine Insurrection
Organization: U.S. Army

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