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Rank and organization:   Corporal, Company I, 188th Pennsylvania Infantry.
Place and date:   At Fort Harrison, Va., 29 September 1864. Entered service at: Reading, Pa.

Birth:   Reading, Pa.

Date of issue:   6 April 1865.

Citation:   First to plant the colors of his State on the fortifications.

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