Marines

PRIVATE
MICHAEL OWENS, USMC (DECEASED) 

 

Medal of Honor Citation

Original General Order

Born: 6 February 1837 in New York, New York

Enlisted: 17 August 1865 in New York, New York

Medal of Honor awarded: 8 February 1872

Rank at time of award: Private

Separation from Service: Medically/Honorably Discharged 17 August 1888

Date of Death: 8 December 1890

Burial: Mt. Moriah Naval Plot, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Photos of Pvt Owens' Medal of Honor
 

Front of Medal                             Back of Medal
 

Korean Campaign 1871 Medal of Honor

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