Benjamin Brown (Medal of Honor)

Benjamin Brown (1859 – September 5, 1910) was a Buffalo Soldier in the United States Army and a recipient of America's highest military decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in the Indian Wars of the western United States.

Benjamin Brown
Born1859
Spotsylvania County, Virginia
DiedSeptember 5 1910 (aged 50–51)
Washington, D.C.
Place of burial
United States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery Washington, D.C.
AllegianceUnited States of America
Service/branchUnited States Army
RankSergeant
Unit24th Infantry Regiment
Battles/warsAmerican Indian Wars
AwardsMedal of Honor

Career

On May 11, 1889, Brown was serving as a Sergeant in Company C of the 24th Infantry Regiment when his unit was involved in an engagement with robbers during the Wham Paymaster Robbery. For his actions during the engagement, Brown was awarded the Medal of Honor a year later, on February 19, 1890. Brown was an expert rifleman and was ranked fifty-fourth in the entire U.S. Army in 1904.[1]

He was forced to retire in 1904 after being disabled by a stroke.[2]

Brown died in 1910 and was buried at the United States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery in Washington, D.C..

Medal of Honor citation

Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company C, 24th U.S. Infantry. Place and date: Arizona, May 11, 1889. Entered service at: ------. Birth: Spotsylvania County, Va. Date of issue: February 19, 1890.

Citation:

Although shot in the abdomen, in a fight between a paymaster's escort and robbers, did not leave the field until again wounded through both arms.[3]

See also

References
  1. Schubert, Frank N. (1997). Black Valor: Buffalo Soldiers and the Medal of Honor, 1870-1898. Scholarly Resources Inc. p. 100. ISBN 9780842025867.
  2. Find a Grave
  3. "Indian War Period Medal of Honor recipients". Medal of Honor citations. United States Army Center of Military History. April 19, 2005. Retrieved January 15, 2007.


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