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Photographer: J. Makali Bruton
Taken: July 31, 2016
Caption: Medal of Honor grave marker for Sgt. John Denny, Section K, Grave 7020
Additional Description: Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company C, 9th U.S. Cavalry
Place and date: At Las Animas Canyon, N. Mex., September 18, 1879
Entered service at: 1867, Elmira, N.Y.
Birth: Big Flats, N.Y.
Date of issue: November 27, 1891
Citation: Removed a wounded comrade, under a heavy fire, to a place of safety.
Submitted: September 15, 2016, by J. Makali Bruton of Accra, Ghana.
Database Locator Identification Number: p362891
File Size: 3.134 Megabytes

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