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U.S. Army

Julien Edmund Gaujot

ConflictVeracruz Expedition

RankColonel

Year of Action1911

Unit/CommandTroop K, 1st U.S. Cavalry

BirthplaceKeweenaw, Michigan

Citation

Crossed the field of fire to obtain the permission of the rebel commander to receive the surrender of the surrounded forces of Mexican Federals and escort such forces, together with 5 Americans held as prisoners, to the American line.

Branch: U.S. Army Conflict: Veracruz Expedition Year of Action: 1911

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James Robert EvansU.S. ArmyConflict: Civil War

James M. Cumpston (Compston, James M.)U.S. ArmyConflict: Civil War

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Joshua Lawrence ChamberlainU.S. ArmyConflict: Civil War

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