PRIVATE
HERMANN WILLIAM KUCHMEISTER*, USMC (DECEASED)
General Order
Medal of Honor Citation
Born: 15 October 1875 in Hamburg, Germany
Enlisted: 19 August 1897 in Brooklyn, New York
Medal of Honor awarded: 7 July 1899
Rank at time of award: Private
Separation from Service: Honorably Discharged 28 March 1900
Date of Death: 1 February 1923
Burial: Winthrop Cemetery in Winthrop, Massachusetts
*Marine Corps records initially had his name as Kuchneister but later records show his correct name was Kuchmeister.
Spanish American War 1898 Medal of Honor