PRIVATE
JAMES MEREDITH*, USMC (DECEASED)
 

Medal of Honor Citation

Original General Order

Born: 11 April 1872 in Omaha, Nebraska

Enlisted: 23 July 1896 in Boston, Massachusetts

Medal of Honor awarded: 15 August 1899

Rank at time of award: Private

Separation from Service: Honorably Discharged 9 September 1901

Date of Death: 18 January 1915

Burial: Saint Mary’s Cemetery in Omaha, Nebraska 

*Name officially changed to Patrick F. Ford, Jr. on 6 June 1900

Spanish American War 1898 Medal of Honor