DAY, MATTHIAS W.
Rank and Organization: Second Lieutenant, 9th U.S. Cavalry. Place and
Date: At Las Animas Canyon, N. Mex., 18 September 1879. Entered Service At:
Oberlin, Ohio. Birth: Mansfield, Ohio. Date of Issue: 7 May 1890. Second Lieutenant, 9th U.S. Cavalry. Place and
Date: At Las Animas Canyon, N. Mex., 18 September 1879. Entered Service At:
Oberlin, Ohio. Birth: Mansfield, Ohio. Date of Issue: 7 May 1890.
Citation:
Advanced alone into the enemy's lines and carried off a wounded soldier of his
command under a hot fire and after he had been ordered to retreat.
