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U.S. ArmyAwarded Posthumously

John C. Wetherby

ConflictPhilippine War

Year of Action1899

Unit/CommandCompany L, 4th U.S. Infantry

BirthplaceIndiana

Citation

While carrying important orders on the battlefield, was desperately wounded and, being unable to walk, crawled far enough to deliver his orders.

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