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Medal of Honor Recipient

George Wesley Biegler

U.S. Army · Philippine Insurrection

MOH-RC-001343Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorRecorded presentation: 1902

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Medal of Honor

October 21, 1900

near Loac, Luzon, Philippine Islands

Rank at action
Captain
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
Philippine Insurrection
Unit or command
U.S. Volunteers, 28th Infantry
Presentation date
March 11, 1902

The Citation

Sources ↓
With but 19 men resisted and at close quarters defeated 300 of the enemy.

Sources & record notes

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

  1. George Wesley Biegler — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-28

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Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
Award ID
MOH-AW-001351
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-28
Later or highest recorded rank
Lieutenant Colonel
Entered service at
Terre Haute, Ind.
Archive transcription SHA-256
4444fab1b87fcc651ca39e6eb624b7dd54d088724906f1583a2037b6132d4fd1

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

Current reference profile confirms identity and core action metadata; legacy full citation text and source-row provenance are retained; General Order comparison remains pending.