The pace picks up a bit as there are seventeen Medals awarded for actions on this day, and, unusually when you have this high a number, especially with five from the modern era, none are posthumous. There are ten Medals from the Civil War, one from the Philippine Insurrection and five from Vietnam.Civil War. Ten Medals from Chancellorsville. BOODY, ROBERT Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company B, 40th New York Infantry. Place and date: At Williamsburg, Va., 5 May 1862. At Chancellorsville, Va., 2 May 1863. Entered service at: Amesbury, Mass. Birth: Lemington, Maine. Date of issue: 8 July 1896. Citation:...
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