The President of the United States
in the name of
The Congress
takes pleasure in presenting the

Medal of Honor

to

 

AYERS, JOHN G. K.

Rank and Organization: Private, Company H, 8th Missouri Infantry Place and Date: At Vicksburg, Miss., 22 May 1863. Entered Service At: Pekin, Tazwell County, Ill. Birth: Washlinaw, Mich. Date of Issue: 31 August 1895.

Citation:

Gallantry in the charge of the "volunteer storming party."

 

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