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Photographer: J. Makali Bruton
Taken: July 31, 2016
Caption: Medal of Honor grave marker for Sgt. Benjamin Brown, Section K, Site 7519
Additional Description: Next to the grave of Pvt. Spencer,

Medal of Honor citation:
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company C, 24th U.S. Infantry
Place and date: Arizona, May 11, 1889
Birth: Spotsylvania County, Va.
Date of issue: February 19, 1890
Citation: Although shot in the abdomen, in a fight between a paymaster's escort and robbers, did not leave the field until again wounded through both arms.
Submitted: September 15, 2016, by J. Makali Bruton of Accra, Ghana.
Database Locator Identification Number: p362886
File Size: 3.759 Megabytes

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