PVT. WILLIAM B. MAYES MEDAL OF HONOR GRAVE STONE
PRIVATE MAYES WAS A MEMBER OF COMPANY K, 11TH IOWA INFANTRY REGIMENT. HIS CITATION READS "WITH ONE COMPANION AND UNDER A FIERCE FIRE FROM THE ENEMY AND AT THE SHORT RAGE, WENT TO THE RESCUE OF A WOUNDED COMRADE WHO HAD FALLEN BETWEEN THE LINES AND CARRIED HIM TO A PLACE OF SAFETY."
Listing Details
- Cemetery
- CIVIL WAR
- Medal of Honor Grave Stones Type II
- ANGELOS ROSEDALE CEMETERY
- 90006
- IOWACIVILWARMONUMENTS.COM
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