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ABOVE &
BEYOND
Medal of Honor
Recipients
1SG
Wendelin Kreher
Indian Wars - Great Sioux War
BASIC INFORMATION
Full Name
Wendelin Kreher
Date
10/21/1876
Highest Rank
1SG
Awarded Posthumously
YES
Burial Site
Custer Battlefield National Monument, Crow Agency, MT
OFFICIAL CITATION
"Gallantry in action."
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
He served as a first sergeant in the United States Army in Company C, 5th U.S. Infantry. He was awarded the CMOH for action on October 21 1876 at Cedar Creek, etc., Montana. His citation reads "Gallantry in action." He died of pulmonary consumption (aka tuberculosis) on March 17, 1877 at the Tongue River cantonment.