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First Sergeant · U.S. Army

Alonzo Stokes

First Sergeant Alonzo Stokes, Army, received the Medal of Honor for actions on July 12, 1870 at Wichita River, Texas during the Indian Campaigns.

Indian Campaigns July 12, 1870

Serving as a soldier in the U.S. Army, First Sergeant Alonzo Stokes received the Medal of Honor for his actions on July 12, 1870 at Wichita River, Texas during the Indian Campaigns. At the time he was serving with Company H, 6th U.S. Cavalry. Stokes was about 33 years old.

12 other service members also received the Medal of Honor for actions on the same day. The medal was presented on August 25, 1870.

Stokes was born in 1837 in Logan County, Ohio. His Medal of Honor is credited to Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. Stokes died on July 4, 1876 in St. Louis, Missouri, at the age of about 39. He is buried at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in St. Louis, Missouri.

Stokes is one of 426 Medal of Honor recipients from the Indian Campaigns and one of 256 credited to Ohio.

Official Medal of Honor citation

Gallantry in action.

Citation text: U.S. Government, public domain.

Battles and campaigns

Also served in: American Indian Wars.

Places

  • Born: Zanesfield — map
  • Died: St. Louis — map
  • Buried: Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery — map

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Timeline

  1. 1837
    Born in Logan County, Ohio
  2. July 12, 1870
    Act of valor — Wichita River, Texas
    Age about 33. Company H, 6th U.S. Cavalry
  3. August 25, 1870
    Medal of Honor presented
  4. July 4, 1876
    Died in St. Louis, Missouri
    Age about 39.
  5. Resting place
    Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery
    St. Louis, Missouri

Also honored for actions on July 12, 1870

JC John Connor Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1870 GE George H. Eldridge Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1870 JG John J. Given Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1870 ✦ TK Thomas Kerrigan Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1870 JK John Kirk First Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1870 JM John May Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1870 SN Solon D. Neal Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1870 SP Samuel Porter Farrier · Army Indian Campaigns · 1870 CS Charles E. Smith Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1870 JW James C. Watson Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1870 CW Claron Windus Bugler · Army Indian Campaigns · 1870 WW William Winterbottom Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1870

Same unit

JA James F. Ayers Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1875 MD Michael Dawson Trumpeter · Army Indian Campaigns · 1875 PG Peter W. Gardiner Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1875 JH John Harrington Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1874 EH Elisha Simpson Hornaday Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1875 GK George Krause Kitchen Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1874 JL James Lowthers Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1875 WM William W. Morris Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1874

More Indian Campaigns recipients from Ohio

JR John F. Rowalt Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869 Orizoba Spence Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869 BK Bartholomew T. Keenan Trumpeter · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869 NM Nicholas Meaher Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869 SR Samuel Richman Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1868 MF Mosheim Feaster Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1890
Sources. Service and award details compiled from the recipient record of the Congressional Medal of Honor Society, Wikidata. The narrative summary is generated from these records. Spotted an error? Send a correction.