Josephus S. Cecil

First Lieutenant · U.S. Army

19th U.S. Infantry

7 March 1906 · Bud Dajo, Jolo, Philippine Islands

Branch: U.S. Army
Era: Expeditions, 1871–1933
Home state: Tennessee
Action: Bud Dajo, Jolo, Philippine Islands

The citation

Official citation

While at the head of the column about to assault the first cotta under a superior fire at short range personally carried to a sheltered position a wounded man and the body of one who was killed beside him.

Sources

U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
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