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

Medal of Honor

to

 

EPPS, JOSEPH L.

Rank and Organization: Private, Company B, 33d Infantry, U.S. Volunteers. Place and Date: At Vigan Luzon, Philippine Islands, 4 December 1899. Entered Service At: Oklahoma Indian Territory. Birth: Jamestown, Mo. Date of Issue: 7 February 1902.

Citation:

Discovered a party of insurgents inside a wall, climbed to the top of the wall, covered them with his gun, and forced them to stack arms and surrender.

 

 

 

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