Otto A. Boehler photo

Philippine Insurrection
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MoH

Wahpeton, ND


County:
Richland

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
Private

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company I

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:
1st North Dakota Volunteer Infantry

Medals and Honors:
Medal of Honor

Circumstances:

With 21 other scouts Private Boehler charged across a burning bridge, under heavy fire, and completely routed 600 of the enemy who were entrenched in a strongly fortified position.

Biography:

The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Private Otto A. Boehler, United States Army, for most distinguished gallantry on 16 May 1899, while serving with Company I, 1st North Dakota Volunteer Infantry, in action at San Isidro, Luzon, Philippine Islands. With 21 other scouts Private Boehler charged across a burning bridge, under heavy fire, and completely routed 600 of the enemy who were entrenched in a strongly fortified position.

Boehler was born October 15, 1873 in Germany. He died October 15, 1910 and is buried at St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery in Breckenridge, MN.