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Medal of Honor Recipient

Burke Hanford

U.S. Navy · China Relief Expedition (Boxer Rebellion)

MOH-RC-002375Source-based record

The award

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Navy Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1900

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Medal of Honor

June 20–22, 1900

China

Rank at action
Machinist First Class
Service
U.S. Navy
Conflict
China Relief Expedition (Boxer Rebellion)
Unit or command
U.S.S. Newark

The Citation

Sources ↓
Served with the relief expedition of the Allied forces in China on 13, 20, 21 and 22 June 1900. In the presence of the enemy during this period, Hanford distinguished himself by meritorious conduct.
Separately preserved current-source wording

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Served with the relief expedition of the Allied forces in China on 13, 20, 21, and 22 June 1900. In the presence of the enemy during this period, Hanford distinguished himself by meritorious conduct.

Sources & record notes

General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.

  1. Burke Hanford — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-30

    current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison

Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
Award ID
MOH-AW-002386
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-30
Recorded order reference (not verified against the original)
55
Later or highest recorded rank
Chief Machinist
Accredited to
Ohio
Archive transcription SHA-256
040246f7ce014ce967697f4208af084cfb33dcef40a54c92b2f2e14ae10ce454

Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; rendered current reference profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.

The inherited rank-1 Society candidate was confirmed by substantive comparison of identity, service, rank, unit or command, action context, and citation; candidate rank or successful rendering alone was not treated as verification. The current profile also supplies the separately retained rank rendering Machinist First Class (Highest Rank: Chief Machinist); action and later or highest ranks remain separately attributed. The controlled canonical unit or command is U.S.S. Newark; the current structured profile renders U.S.S. Newark, and the inherited wording Not documented remains preserved as a separately attributed variant. The controlled action-date display is June 20–22, 1900; the current structured source value and any fuller citation chronology remain separately attributed. The controlled historical action place is China; the current structured place China and the complete inherited geocoder value China remain preserved in the audit evidence. The Society structured range is June 20–22, 1900, while the citation also identifies June 13; the structured range and the complete citation chronology remain separately attributed. The inherited full citation remains canonical and checksum-protected; current rendered wording is preserved separately where transcribed. No underlying General Order was examined, so the exact-order gate remains pending and no General Order verification is claimed.