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U.S. Army

George Wesley Biegler

ConflictPhilippine War

RankLieutenant Colonel

Year of Action1900

Unit/Command28th Infantry, U.S. Volunteers

BirthplaceTerre Haute, Indiana

Citation

With but 19 men resisted and at close quarters defeated 300 of the enemy.

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