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Indian Wars

Benjamin Brown

Sergeant · U.S. Army

Company C, 24th U.S. Infantry

11 May 1889 · Arizona

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Branch
U.S. Army
Era
Indian Wars
Home state
Virginia
Action
Arizona

The citation

Official citation

Although shot in the abdomen, in a fight between a paymaster's escort and robbers, did not leave the field until again wounded through both arms.

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