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U.S. Army

William Palmer Maclay

ConflictPhilippine War

RankFirst Lieutenant

Year of Action1900

Unit/CommandU.S. Volunteers, Company A, 43rd Infantry

BirthplaceSpruce Creek, Pennsylvania

Citation

Charged an occupied bastion, saving the life of an officer in a hand-to-hand combat and destroying the enemy.

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