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Rank and organization:   Private, Company E, 20th Illinois Infantry. Place and date: At Pittsburg Landing, Tenn., 6 April 1862.

Entered service at:   Wayneville, DeWitt County, Ill.

Birth:   Lancaster, Ohio.

Date of issue:   27 August 1900.

Citation:   Was severely wounded while endeavoring, at the risk of his life, to carry to a place of safety a wounded and helpless comrade.

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