QUINN, PETER H.
Rank and Organization: Private, Company L, 4th
U.S. Cavalry. Place and Date: At San Miguel de Mayumo, Luzon, Philippine Islands,
13 May 1899. Entered Service At: San Francisco, Calif. Birth: San Francisco,
Calif. Date of Issue: 6 June 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.
