Brigadier General (then First Lieutenant) W lliam M. Wherry - St. Louis, MO
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Civil War US Army Infantry Medal of Honor recipient buried at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
Waymark Code: WM84P
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 02/27/2006
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Brigadier General (then First Lieutenant) William M. Wherry
Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, Company D, 3d U.S.
Reserve Missouri Infantry.
Place and date: At Wilsons Creek, Mo., 10 August 1861.
Entered service at: St. Louis, Mo.
Born: 13 September 1836, St. Louis, Mo.
Date of Death: 3 November 1918
Date of issue: 30 October 1895.
Citation: Displayed conspicuous coolness and heroism in rallying
troops that were recoiling under heavy fire.