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Medal of Honor Recipient

Louis Fred Pfeifer

U.S. Marine Corps · Interim 1899 - 1910

MOH-RC-003386Source-based record

The award

Representative medal image: early Navy star design and striped ribbon. Not a portrait or a photograph of this recipient’s own medal.
Navy Medal of HonorRecorded presentation: 1902

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Medal of Honor

March 31, 1901

Cavite, Manila Bay, on board the U.S.S. Petrel, Luzon, USA

Rank at action
Private
Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Conflict
Interim 1899 - 1910
Unit or command
Not documented
Presentation date
March 22, 1902

The Citation

Sources ↓
Serving on board the U.S.S. Petrel; for heroism and gallantry, fearlessly exposing his own life to danger for the saving of the others on the occasion of the fire on board that vessel, 31 March 1901.

Sources & record notes

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

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Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
Award ID
MOH-AW-003402
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-09-02
Recorded order reference (not verified against the original)
85
Accredited to
New Jersey
Archive transcription SHA-256
cde7a21f7f16d46420c2e05cada87caf37dfb0d8aca5457ae7d0a6664bc0ae4e

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

Current official reference profile confirms identity and core action metadata; exact legacy citation text and checksum are retained; General Order comparison remains pending.