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U.S. Army

William Beattie Trembley

ConflictPhilippine War

Year of Action1899

Unit/CommandCompany B, 20th Kansas Volunteer Infantry

BirthplaceJohnson, Kansas

Citation

Swam the Rio Grande de Pampanga in face of the enemy’s fire and fastened a rope to the occupied trenches, thereby enabling the crossing of the river and the driving of the enemy from his fortified position.

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

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William Wallace BurrittU.S. ArmyConflict: Civil War

Charles TaylorU.S. ArmyConflict: Indian Campaigns

Horace EllisU.S. ArmyConflict: Civil War

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Michael Joseph CrescenzU.S. ArmyConflict: Vietnam War

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