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U.S. Army

James Robert Lee Gillenwater

ConflictPhilippine War

Year of Action1899

Unit/CommandU.S. Volunteers, Company A, 36th Infantry

BirthplaceRye Cove, Virginia

Citation

While on a scout drove off a superior force of insurgents and with the assistance of 1 comrade brought from the field of action the bodies of 2 comrades, 1 killed and the other severely wounded.

Branch: U.S. Army Conflict: Philippine War Year of Action: 1899

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