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ABOVE &
BEYOND
Medal of Honor
Recipients
SGT
Robert McPhelan
Indian Wars - Great Sioux War
BASIC INFORMATION
Full Name
Robert McPhelan
Date
10/21/1876
Highest Rank
SGT
Awarded Posthumously
NO
Burial Site
Leavenworth National Cemetery, Lansing, KS
OFFICIAL CITATION
"Gallantry in action."
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
An Irish immigrant, he received the award from US Army General William T. Sherman on July 18, 1877 in a ceremony at a military camp by the confluence of the Tongue and Yellowstone Rivers, Montana Territory, for his actions as a sergeant with Company E, 5th US Infantry, US Army, in the Indian Campaigns near Cedar Creek, Montana Territory, from October 21, 1876 until January 8, 1877.