Josephus S. Cecil

Infobox Military Person
name= Josephus Samuel Cecil
born= birth date|1878|1|11
died= death date and age|1940|8|20|1878|1|11
placeofbirth= New River, Tennessee
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allegiance= United States of America
branch= United States Army
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rank= First Lieutenant
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awards= Medal of Honor
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Josephus Samuel Cecil (11 January New River, Tennessee 1878 to 20 August 1940) was a United States Army First Lieutenant who received the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Philippine-American War. Lieutenant Cecil was a Mustang who had previously served as an enlisted private, Corporal and Sergeant.

Medal of Honor citation

Rank and Organization: First Lieutenant, 19th U.S. Infantry. Place and Date: At Bud-Dajo, Jolo, Philippine Islands, 7 March 1906. Entered Service At: New River, Tenn. Birth: New River, Tenn. Date of Issue: Unknown.

Citation:

:While at the head of the column about to assault the first cotta under a superior fire at short range personally carried to a sheltered position a wounded man and the body of one who was killed beside him.cite web
accessdate=2007-12-02
url = http://www.army.mil/cmh/html/moh/philippine.html
title = Josephus S. Cecil, Medal of Honor recipient
work = Philippine Insurrection
publisher Army Medal of Honor website
date = July 16, 2007]

ee also

*List of Medal of Honor recipients
*List of Philippine-American War Medal of Honor recipients

Notes

References

*findagrave|6162723 Retrieved on 2007-11-21
*cite web
accessdate=2007-12-02
url = http://www.army.mil/cmh/html/moh/philippine.html
title = Josephus S. Cecil, Medal of Honor recipient
work = Philippine Insurrection
publisher Army Medal of Honor website
date = July 16, 2007