U.S. ARMY
Joseph S. Cecil
RANK: FIRST LIEUTENANT
CONFLICT/ERA: PHILIPPINE INSURRECTION
UNIT/COMMAND:19TH U.S. INFANTRY
MILITARY SERVICE BRANCH:U.S. ARMY
MEDAL OF HONOR ACTION DATE:MARCH 7, 1906
MEDAL OF HONOR ACTION PLACE:BUD-DAJO, JOLO, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS
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.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
AWARDED POSTHUMOUSLY:NO
BORN:JANUARY 11, 1878, NEW RIVER, SCOTT COUNTY, TENNESSEE
DIED:AUGUST 20, 1940, HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT
