Indian Wars
William R. Parnell
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
1st U.S. Cavalry
17 June 1877 · White Bird Canyon, Idaho
Public domain. Hattie G. Parnell (William R. Parnell's second wife) (Life time: August 20, 1910) Source file
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Era
- Indian Wars
- Home state
- New York
- Action
- White Bird Canyon, Idaho
The citation
Official citation
With a few men, in the face of a heavy fire from pursuing Indians and at imminent peril, returned and rescued a soldier whose horse had been killed and who had been left behind in the retreat.
Sources
- U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
- Wikipedia. Linked only. The article text is not copied here.
