U.S. Army
Lawton, Louis BowemRankMajor
Year of Action1900
Unit/Command9th U.S. Infantry
HometownIndependence, Iowa
Citation
Carried a message and guided reinforcements across a wide and fireswept space, during which he was thrice wounded.
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