Marines

SERGEANT
JAMES S. ROANTREE, USMC (DECEASED)

 

Medal of Honor Citation

Original General Order

Born: 1835 in Dublin, Ireland 

Enlisted: 15 January 1858 in Brooklyn, New York

Medal of Honor awarded: 31 December 1864

Rank at time of award: Sergeant

Separation from Service: Unknown

Date of Death: 24 February 1873

Burial: New Cavalry Cemetery in Mattapan, Massachusetts

Civil War Medal of Honor

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