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Philippine Insurrection Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient 1st. Lt. James McConnell, US Volunteers
James McConnell was born at Syracuse, New York, he earned the Medal of Honor while serving as a Private, Company B, 33rd U.S. Infantry, at Vigan, Luzon, Philippine Islands during the insurrection there. The Medal was actually presented to him on October 1, 1902. He died on December 23, 1918, and was buried in Section 7 of Arlington National Cemetery.
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Rank and organization: Private, Company B, 33d Infantry, U.S. Volunteers. Place and date: At Vigan, Luzon, Philippine Islands, 4 December 1899. Entered service at: Detroit, Michigan. Birth: Syracuse, New York. Date of issue: 1 October 1902. Citation: Fought for hours lying between 2 dead comrades, notwithstanding his hat was pierced, his clothing plowed through by bullets, and his face cut and bruised by flying gravel.
Courtesy of Find A Grave
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