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Medal of Honor Recipient

Oscar R Burkard

U.S. Army · Indian Campaigns

MOH-RC-000465Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1898

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Medal of Honor

October 5, 1898

Leech Lake, Minnesota, USA

Rank at action
Private
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
Indian Campaigns
Unit or command
Hospital Corps U.S. Army

The Citation

Sources ↓
For distinguished bravery in action against hostile Indians. [Note: This, the last Medal of Honor won in an Indian campaign, was awarded for an action during the uprising of Chippewa Indians, on Lake Leech, northern Minnesota, 5 October 1898.]

Sources & record notes

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  1. Oscar R Burkard — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-26

    current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison

Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
Award ID
MOH-AW-000471
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-26
Later or highest recorded rank
Major Medical Corps
Entered service at
Hay Creek, Minn.
Archive transcription SHA-256
c163173ee3e7a2ededb1b6bc0ee3b2b9177c6e2d623dd4c534d6ee8f9f9dd7d0

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

The current official profile adds the middle initial, classifies the award under Indian Campaigns, confirms Private as the action rank, preserves Major Medical Corps as the highest/later rank, and supplies the full Hospital Corps wording. The canonical profile was resolved through archival reference search outside the inherited candidate set.