BEECH, JOHN P. - Medal of Honor Recipient
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company B, 4th New Jersey Infantry.
Place and date: At Spotsylvania Courthouse, Va., 12 May 1864. Entered service
at: Trenton, N.J. Born: 1 May 1844, England. Date of issue: 5 June 1894.
Citation: Voluntarily assisted in working the guns of a battery, all the
members of which had been killed or wounded.
This data was extracted from the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, U.S. Senate, Medal of Honor Recipients: 1863-1973 (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1973)
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