Sgt. Frederick Platten - Williams, AZ - Specific Veteran Memorials on Waymarking.com

This memorial to Sgt. Frederick Platten is in Monument Park, by the USS Arizona memorial. The memorial consists of a brass plaque set in a sandstone monument. The text on the plaque is:
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

TO ALL WHO SHALL SEE THESE PRESENTS, GREETINGS:

THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT THE PRESIDENT OF
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
HAS AWARDED IN THE NAME OF CONGRESS TO

SGT. FREDERICK PLATTEN
CO. H, 6th U.S. CAVALRY

THE CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR FOR
MOST DISTINGUISHED GALLANTRY IN ACTION

23 April 1875 ist Sergeant Company H, 6th U.S. Cavalry

The post-Civil War era of westward expansion created a continuation of the American Indian Wars. Irish immigrant Seargeant Frederick Platten served during many hotly contested actions in Kansas, New Mexico and Arizona. On 23 April 1875, Cheyenne warriors ambushed a 6th U.S. Cavalry patrol at Sappa Creek, Kansas, and were getting the best of them. Sergeant Platten seized the initiative and with five other men waded in mud and water up the creek to a position directly behind the entrenched Cheyenne position and routed the Indian attackers, who were caught between opposing fire. During the course of that action, he also rescued a fallen comrade. This demonstration of courage and fortitude is in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service and for which he was recognized. The 6th Cavalry then moved to the southwest, where he participated in the campaigns against the Apache. His last engagement occurred about 40 miles south of Winslow, Arizona, where the opposing forces met in the forest and fought it out from tree to tree along the rim of Chevelon Canyon. After this battle, he retired to civilian life, but in 1898, he returned and served in Cuba during the Spanish American War. Upon his honorable discharge in 1899, 1st Sergeant Platten came to live in Williams, where he served 16 years as a U.S. Forest Service ranger. Platten lived at his Davenport Lake home, where he was known to reflect on the loss of innocent lives during these conflicts. He passed away in 1939 at the age of 84.

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