John Denny (Medal of Honor)
John Denny | |
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File:John Denny.jpg Sergeant John Denny | |
Born | 1846 Big Flats, New York |
Died | November 26, 1901 (aged 54–55) |
Place of burial | |
Allegiance | United States of America |
Service/ | United States Army |
Years of service | 1867 - 1897 |
Rank | First Sergeant |
Unit | 9th Cavalry Regiment |
Battles/wars | American Indian Wars |
Awards | Medal of Honor |
John Denny (1846 – November 26, 1901) was a Buffalo Soldier in the United States Army and a recipient of America's highest military decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in the Indian Wars of the western United States.
Career
Denny joined the Army from Elmira, New York, and by September 18, 1879 was serving as a First Sergeant in Company C of the 9th Cavalry Regiment. On that day, his unit participated in an engagement against Chief Victorio and his band of Apaches at Las Animas Canyon, New Mexico, and Denny "[r]emoved a wounded comrade, under a heavy fire, to a place of safety." For his actions, Sergeant Denny was awarded the Medal of Honor fifteen years later, in January 1895.
Denny retired from the Army in September 1897 as a corporal. He received a pension but also worked at the Fort Robinson post exchange. He moved to the US Soldiers' Home in Washington, D.C. sometime in or after 1899 and died there in 1901.[1] Denny was buried at the United States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery in Washington, D.C.
Medal of Honor citation
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, 189i.
Citation:
Removed a wounded comrade, under a heavy fire, to a place of safety.[2]
See also
- List of Medal of Honor recipients
- List of Medal of Honor recipients for the Indian Wars
- List of African-American Medal of Honor recipients
Notes
- ^ Schubert, Frank N. (1997). Black Valor: Buffalo Soldiers and the Medal of Honor, 1870-1898. Scholarly Resources Inc. p. 57. ISBN 9780842025867.
- ^ "Indian War Period Medal of Honor recipients". Medal of Honor citations. United States Army Center of Military History. April 19, 2005. Retrieved January 15, 2007.
References
This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Army Center of Military History.
- "John Denny". Claim to Fame: Medal of Honor recipients. Find a Grave. Retrieved January 15, 2007.
- "Indian War Period Medal of Honor recipients". Medal of Honor citations. United States Army Center of Military History. April 19, 2005. Retrieved January 15, 2007.
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