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Photographer: Don Morfe
Taken: October 18, 2003
Caption: John Ward grave marker
Additional Description: He is buried in Seminole Indian Scout Cemetery, Brackettville TX. His grave GPS coordinates are N29.2724 W100.4425. His Medal of Honor information and citation is: WARD, JOHN • Rank and organization: Sergeant, 24th U.S. Infantry Indian Scouts • Place and date: At Pecos River, Tex., 25 April 1875 • Entered service at. Fort Duncan, Tex. • Date of issue: 28 May 1875 Citation. With 3 other men, he participated in a charge against 25 hostiles while on a scouting patrol.
Submitted: July 4, 2016, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland.
Database Locator Identification Number: p355691
File Size: 0.055 Megabytes

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