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

to

DOWNS, WILLIS H.

Rank and Organization: Private, Company H, 1st North Dakota Volunteer Infantry. Place and Date: At San Miguel de Mayumo, Luzon, Philippine Islands, 13 May 1899. Entered Service At: Jamestown, N. Dak. Birth: Mount Carmel, Conn. Date of Issue: 16 February 1906.

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.

 

 

 

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ENCYCLOPEDIA of AMERICAN MILITARY HEROES
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