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Rank and organization:   Private, Company G, 90th Pennsylvania Infantry.
Place and date:   At Mine Run, Va., 27 November 1863.

Entered service at:   Berks County, Pa. Born: 13 October 1840, Russia.

Date of issue:   23 June 1896.

Citation:   Voluntarily extinguished the burning fuse of a shell which had been thrown into the lines of the regiment by the enemy.

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