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U.S. Army

Epps, Joseph L.

ConflictPhilippine War

Year of Action1899

Unit/CommandU.S. Volunteers, Company B, 33rd Infantry

BirthplaceJamestown, Missouri

Citation

Discovered a party of insurgents inside a wall, climbed to the top of the wall, covered them with his gun, and forced them to stack arms and surrender.

Branch: U.S. Army Conflict: Philippine War Year of Action: 1899

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Miller, Oscar F.U.S. ArmyConflict: World War I

Roosevelt, George WashingtonU.S. ArmyConflict: Civil War

Parker, JamesU.S. ArmyConflict: Philippine War

McKibben, RayU.S. ArmyConflict: Vietnam War

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Schmidt, ConradU.S. ArmyConflict: Civil War

Rossbach, ValentineU.S. ArmyConflict: Civil War

Pingree, Samuel E.U.S. ArmyConflict: Civil War

Merriam, Henry ClayU.S. ArmyConflict: Civil War

Nolan, John J.U.S. ArmyConflict: Civil War

Murray, Robert CharlesU.S. ArmyConflict: Vietnam War

Petrarca, Frank JosephU.S. ArmyConflict: World War II

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