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• Barkley, David B.    b. March 31, 1899  d. November 9, 1918
  World War I Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He served as a Private, United States Army, Company A, 356th Infantry, 89th Division. He was awarded his medal posthumously for service Near Pouilly, France, on November 9, 1918. His citation reads-When information was desired as to the enemy's position on the opposite side of the Meuse River, Pvt. Barkeley, with another soldier, volunteered without hesitation and swam the river to reconnoiter the exact location. He succeeded in reaching the...[Read More] (Bio by: K)
  San Antonio National Cemetery, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA
   
• Barnes, William [cenotaph]   b. 1845  d. December 24, 1866
  Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He was a farmer before the war and enlisted in the Union Army on February 11, 1864. He joined Company C of the 38th United States Colored Infantry Regiment as a private. His enlistment papers gave his age as 23 which means he would have been born in 1840 or 1841, but other sources give his birth as 1845. His regiment was among a division of black troops at the Battle of Chaffin's Farm on September 29, 1864.Confederate Brigadier General John...[Read More] (Bio by: Tom Todd)
  San Antonio National Cemetery, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA
  Plot: Section Ma Grave 86 (in Memory Marker)
  GPS coordinates: 29.2527809, -98.2802200 (hddd.dddd)
   
• Catterson, Robert Francis    b. March 22, 1835  d. March 30, 1914
  Civil War Union Brigadier General. At the outbreak of the Civil War, he gave up his established medical practice and enlisted in the 14th Indiana Volunteer Infantry Regiment. With the 14th Indiana he served in Virginia, seeing action at Cheat, Shenandoah and Antietam, and was promoted Captain in May 1862. In October 1862, he was appointed Lieutenant Colonel in the 97th Indiana and to Colonel in command the following month. He served at Memphis, took part in the siege of Vicksburg, the Tullahoma...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
  San Antonio National Cemetery, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA
  Plot: Section A, Grave 176/177
  GPS coordinates: 29.4212704, -98.4666367 (hddd.dddd)
   
• DeArmond, William [cenotaph]   b. 1838  d. September 9, 1874
  Indian Wars Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He served during the wars with the Plains Indians as a Sergeant in Company 1, 5th United States Infantry. He was awarded his medal posthumously for action at Upper Washita, Texas, on September 9 to 11, 1874. His citation reads simply "Gallantry in action". It was awarded on April 23, 1875.
  San Antonio National Cemetery, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA
  Plot: Section Ma Grave 89 (in Memory Marker)
  GPS coordinates: 29.2527809, -98.2802124 (hddd.dddd)
   
• Deetline, Frederick   b. 1846  d. December 13, 1910
  Indian Wars Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. Recieved the CMOH for voluntarily bringing water to the wounded under fire at Little Big Horn, Montana, 25 June 1876.
  San Antonio National Cemetery, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA
  Plot: Section F, Grave 921
  GPS coordinates: 29.2528400, -98.2803421 (hddd.dddd)
   
• Falcott, Henry   b. 1835  d. December 2, 1910
  Indian Wars Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. Served during the Indian Wars as a Sergeant in Company L, 8th United States Cavalry. He was awarded the CMOH for his bravery in action in Arizona from August to October 1868. His citation reads simply "Bravery in scouts and actions against Indians". His Medal was issued on July 24, 1869. (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
  San Antonio National Cemetery, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA
  Plot: Section F, Grave 918
   
• Given, John [cenotaph]   b. 1840  d. July 12, 1870
  Indian Wars Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He served in the United States Army during the Wars with the Plains Indians as a Corporal in Company K, 6th United States Cavalry. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for his bravery in action on July 12, 1870 at the Battle of the Little Wichita River, Texas, with his citation for the award reading simply "Bravery in action." In the action he was part of a force of 57 men from the 6th Cavalry that went in pursuit of 250-strong group of Kiowa...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
  San Antonio National Cemetery, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA
  Plot: Section MA, Site 88
  GPS coordinates: 29.2527809, -98.2802277 (hddd.dddd)
   
• Hall, Lee (Jesse)    b. October 9, 1849  d. March 17, 1911
  Western Lawman. Born Jesse Lee Hall in Lexington, North Carolina, he moved to Texas in 1869 and became a City Marshal of Sherman. In August 1876, he became the second in command of Leander McNelly's Special Forces, Texas Rangers. Serving in the Goliad region, he broke up a gang of vigilantes and became the acting commander of the Ranger company. He was made 1st Lieutenant of the Ranger company in 1877, gaining much acclaim suppressing outlaw cattle rustling and raids from across the Mexican...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
  San Antonio National Cemetery, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA
  Plot: Section A Grave 121
   
• Harrington, John    b. 1846  d. January 3, 1905
  Indian Wars Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. While carrying dispatches he was attacked by 125 hostile Indians, whom he and his comrades fought throughout the day. He was severely wounded in the hip and unable to move. He continued to fight, defending an exposed dying man. Washita River, Texas, 12 September 1874.
  San Antonio National Cemetery, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA
  Plot: Section F Grave 1012
  GPS coordinates: 29.2528191, -98.2804031 (hddd.dddd)
   
• Hartwell, Charles Atherton    b. May 6, 1841  d. October 3, 1876
  Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. Entered the Civil War as a Private in he 7th New York State Militia regiment, but soon procured a commission as a 1st Lieutenant in the 11th United States Regular Infantry. At this rank he served as an Aide-de-Camp on the staff of Maj. General Nathaniel P. Banks. When the United States Congress authorized the raising of African-American troops, he accepted a commission as Colonel and commander of the 77th United States Colored Troops. However, he...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
  San Antonio National Cemetery, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA
  Plot: Section A, Grave 62
  GPS coordinates: 29.4217205, -98.4667816 (hddd.dddd)
   
• Howard, James   b. 1841  d. November 8, 1879
  Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. His true name was James Brown. He entered the Union Army in Brooklyn New York and served as a Sergeant in Company K, 158th New York Infantry. He was awarded the CMOH for action on April 2, 1865 near Petersburg (Battery Gregg), Virginia. His citation reads "Carried the colors in advance of the line of battle, the flagstaff being shot off while he was planting it on the parapet of the fort." He was originally buried in the Post Cemetery at Fort...[Read More] (Bio by: Don Morfe)
  San Antonio National Cemetery, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA
  Plot: Section E, Site 889
  GPS coordinates: 29.4214802, -98.4670410 (hddd.dddd)
   
• Kelly, George E.M.    b. 1878  d. May 10, 1911
  United States Army Officer. 2nd Lieutenant Kelly was the first U.S. military pilot to lose his life while flying a military aircraft. Kelly was attempting to land his aricraft when a front strut collapsed, causing his aircraft to veer toward an encampment of the 11th Infantry. To avoid crashing into the tents, Kelly banked sharply and was killed when his plane smashed into the ground. San Antonio's Kelly Air Force Base was named in his honor. (Bio by: Find A Grave)
  San Antonio National Cemetery, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA
   
• McMasters, Henry   b. 1848  d. November 11, 1872
  Indian Wars Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. Born in Augusta, Maine, he served as a Corporal in Company A, 4th US Cavalry. During fierce combat with the Mow-wi tribe of Comanche at Red River, Texas, September 29, 1872, Corporal McMasters showed great bravery in the face of the enemy. For gallantry in action, he was awarded the Medal of Honor. (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
  San Antonio National Cemetery, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA
  Plot: Section D Grave 729
  GPS coordinates: 29.2531605, -98.2802505 (hddd.dddd)
   
• Nash, James J.   b. 1875  d. June 11, 1927
  Spanish-American War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He served in United States Army during the War with Spain as a Private in Company F, 10th United States Infantry. He was awarded the CMOH for his bravery at Santiago, Cuba, on July 1, 1898. His citation reads "Gallantly assisted in the rescue of the wounded from in front of the lines and under heavy fire from the enemy". His Medal was awarded to him on June 22, 1899.
  San Antonio National Cemetery, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA
  Plot: Section I, Grave 1461-A
  GPS coordinates: 29.2527905, -98.2807770 (hddd.dddd)
   
• Neal, Solon   b. 1845  d. November 1, 1920
  Indian Wars Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He served in the United States Army during the Wars with the Plains Indians as a Private in Company L, 6th United States Cavalry. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for his bravery in action on July 12, 1870 at the Battle of the Little Wichita River, Texas, with his citation for the award reading simply "Gallantry in action." In the action he was part of a force of 57 men from the 6th Cavalry that went in pursuit of 250-strong group of Kiowa...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
  San Antonio National Cemetery, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA
  Plot: Section G, Grave 1323
  GPS coordinates: 29.2532005, -98.2803574 (hddd.dddd)
   
• Schleicher, Gustave    b. November 19, 1823  d. January 10, 1879
  US Congressman from Texas 1875-1879.
  San Antonio National Cemetery, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA
  Plot: Section A, Grave 140
   
• Smith, George   b. 1848  d. September 13, 1874
  Indian Wars Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He served as a Private in Company M, 6th US Cavalry. On September 12, 1874, the third day of a siege in which a force of more than 100 Indians surrounded and attacked the Lyman Supply Train at the at Washita River, Texas, General Nelson Miles sent a detachment of six troopers to deliver a dispatch to Camp Supply for re-enforcements. While en-route the six men were attacked by 125 Indians and Private Smith was one of four men immediately...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
  San Antonio National Cemetery, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA
  Plot: Section Ma Geave 87 (in Memory Marker)
  GPS coordinates: 29.2527695, -98.2802200 (hddd.dddd)
   
• Suhler, Simon   b. 1844  d. May 15, 1895
  Indian Wars Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. Born in Germany, he served in the 11th Heavy Artillery and the 4th New York Heavy Artillery, during the Civil War. After the war due to Jewish anti-Semitism, he reenlisted as a Private in Company B, 8th U.S. Cavalry, under the name of Charles Gardner. In Arizona, Territory, while performing scout duties for his company, he was in constant actions with hostile Apache Indians, from August to October, 1868. For bravery in scouts and actions...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
  San Antonio National Cemetery, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA
  Plot: Section I Grave 1610
  GPS coordinates: 29.2528000, -98.2806778 (hddd.dddd)
   
• Warrington, Lewis   d. January 5, 1879
  Indian Wars Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. During the Indian Campaigns, he served as a 1st Lieutenant in the 4th US Cavalry. On December 8, 1874, Lieutenant Warrington led ten troopers in pursuit of a group of hostile Indians in the Muchague Valley, Texas. As the troopers strung out across the distance, Warrington captured one warrior, turned him over to a trooper and continued in the pursuit. The Indians dismounted, took up positions and fired on the soldiers. In the battle that...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
  San Antonio National Cemetery, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA
  Plot: Section A Grave 60
  GPS coordinates: 29.2530403, -98.2800903 (hddd.dddd)
   
• Wurzbach, Harry McLeary   b. May 19, 1874  d. November 6, 1931
  US Congressman. Served in the US Army during the Spanish-American War; county judge, 1904; US Representative from Texas, 1921-29, 1930-31.
  San Antonio National Cemetery, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA
  Plot: Section J, Grave 274
  GPS coordinates: 29.2529297, -98.2805634 (hddd.dddd)
   

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