Downs, Willis H. b. 1866 d. 1929 Philippine Insurrection Congressional Medal of Honor recipient. Served as Private in Company H, 1st North Dakota Volunteer Infantry, at San Miguel de Mayumo, Luzon, Philippine Islands, on May 13, 1899. Citation: With 11 other scouts, without waiting for the supporting battalion to aid them or to get into a position to do so, charged over a distance of about 150 yards and completely routed about 300 of the enemy who were in line and in a position that could only be carried by a frontal attack...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith) Highland Home Cemetery, Jamestown, Stutsman County, North Dakota, USA Plot: GAR Section
b. 1866 d. 1929