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U.S. Army

Joseph Van Matre

ConflictCivil War

Year of Action1865

Unit/CommandCompany G, 116th Ohio Infantry

BirthplaceWest Virginia

Citation

In the assault on Fort Gregg, this soldier climbed upon the parapet and fired down into the fort as fast as the loaded guns could be passed up to him by comrades.

Branch: U.S. Army Conflict: Civil War Year of Action: 1865

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Charles Ernest Hosking Jr.U.S. ArmyConflict: Vietnam War

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