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Indian Wars

Jacob Trautman

First Sergeant · U.S. Army

Company I, 7th U.S. Cavalry

29 December 1890 · Wounded Knee Creek, South Dakota

Branch
U.S. Army
Era
Indian Wars
Action
Wounded Knee Creek, South Dakota

The citation

Official citation

Killed a hostile Indian at close quarters, and, although entitled to retirement from service, remained to the close of the campaign.

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