Pompey Factor-Brackettville, TX
Posted by: Don.Morfe
N 29° 16.332 W 100° 26.556
14R E 359852 N 3239006
Indian Campaigns Medal of Honor Recipient for action at Pecos River, TX on April 25, 1875. He is buried in Seminole Indian Scout Cemetery, Brackettville, TX.
Waymark Code: WMY8TK
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 05/11/2018
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He was born in 1849 in Arkansas and died on March 29, 1928 in Texas. His Medal of Honor information and citation is: FACTOR, POMPEY
• Rank and organization: Private, Indian Scouts
• Place and date: At Pecos River, Tex., 25 April 1875
• Date of issue: 28 May 1875
Citation: With 3 other men, he participated in a charge against 25 hostiles while on a scouting patrol.
Armed Service: Army
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