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U.S. Army
Matthias Walter Day
ConflictIndian Campaigns
RankColonel Ret.
Year of Action1879
Unit/Command9th U.S. Cavalry,
BirthplaceMansfield, Ohio
Citation
Advanced alone into the enemy’s lines and carried off a wounded soldier of his command under a hot fire and after he had been ordered to retreat.
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