PARNELL, WILLIAM R.
Rank and Organization: First Lieutenant, 1st U.S. Cavalry. Place and
Date: At White Bird Canyon, Idaho, 17 June 1877. Entered Service At: New York. Birth:
Ireland. Date of Issue: 16 September 1897. First Lieutenant, 1st U.S. Cavalry. Place and
Date: At White Bird Canyon, Idaho, 17 June 1877. Entered Service At: New York. Birth:
Ireland. Date of Issue: 16 September 1897.
Citation:
With a few men, in the face of a heavy fire from pursuing Indians and at imminent
peril, returned and rescued a soldier whose horse had been killed and who had been left
behind in the retreat.
