Jacob Franklin Yeager-Tiffin, OH
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Don.Morfe
N 41° 06.126 W 083° 09.108
17T E 319304 N 4552322
Civil War Medal of Honor Recipient for action at Buzzard’s Roost, GA on May 11, 1864. He is buried in Greenlawn Cemetery, Tiffin, OH in Section 27, Lot 40.
Waymark Code: WM1156Q
Location: Ohio, United States
Date Posted: 08/17/2019
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He was born on January 27, 1841 in New Texas, PA and died on November 13, 1909 in Tiffin, OH. His Medal of Honor information and citation is: YEAGER, JACOB F.
• Rank and organization: Private, Company H, 101st Ohio Infantry
• Place and date: At Buzzard's Roost, Ga., 11 May 1864
• Entered service at: Tiffin, Ohio
• Date of issue: 3 August 1897
Citation: Seized a shell with fuse burning that had fallen in the ranks of his company and threw it into a stream, thereby probably saving his comrades from injury.
Armed Service: Army
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