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CUMBERLAND COUNTY
MEDAL OF HONOR MEMORIAL
The Recipients
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Jacob Cart
Private, U.S. Army
Company A
7th Pennsylvania Reserve Corps
Civil War
13 December 1862
Fredericksburg, Virginia
William E. Miller
Captain, U.S. Army
Company H
3d Pennsylvania Cavalry
Civil War
3 July 1863
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Joseph Witcome
Private, U.S. Army
Company B
8th U.S. Cavalry
Indian War Campaigns
August-October 1868
Arizona Territory
Heth Canfield
Private, U.S. Army
Company C
2d U.S. Cavalry
Indian War Campaigns
15 May 1870
Little Blue, Nebraska
William H. Strayer
Private, U.S. Army
Company B
3d U.S. Cavalry
Indian War Campaigns
26 April 1872
Loupe Forke, Platte River, Nebraska
Josiah Pennsyl
Sergeant, U.S. Army
Company M
6th U.S. Cavalry
Indian War Campaigns
11 September 1874
Upper Washita, Texas
Zachariah Woodall
Sergeant, U.S. Army
Company I
6th U.S. Cavalry
Indian War Campaigns
12 September 1874
Washita River, Texas
Jay Zeamer, Jr.
Major, U.S. Army Air Corps
65th Bombardment Squadron
43d Bombardment Group
World War II
16 June 1943
Over Buka Area, Solomon Islands
John W. Minick
Staff Sergeant, U.S. Army
Company I
121st Infantry, 8th Infantry Division
World War II
21 November 1944
Near Hurtgen, Germany
Randall D. Shughart
Sergeant First Class, U.S. Army
1st Special Forces
Operational Detachment-Delta
Somalia
3 October 1993
Mogadishu, Somalia
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