Serving as a soldier in the U.S. Army, Sergeant Bernhard Jetter received the Medal of Honor for his actions on December 29, 1890 at Sioux Campaign, South Dakota during the Indian Campaigns. At the time he was serving with Company K, 7th U.S. Cavalry. Jetter was about 28 years old.
18 other service members also received the Medal of Honor for actions on the same day. The medal was presented on April 24, 1891. He later rose to the rank of First Sergeant.
Jetter was born in 1862 in Wurttemberg, Germany — one of 130 recipients born in Germany. His Medal of Honor is credited to New York, New York. Jetter died on August 23, 1927, at the age of about 65. He is buried at Cypress Hills National Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York.
Jetter is one of 426 Medal of Honor recipients from the Indian Campaigns and one of 678 credited to New York.
Official Medal of Honor citation
Distinguished bravery.
Citation text: U.S. Government, public domain.
Battles and campaigns
Also served in: Texas–Indian Wars, American Indian Wars.
Places
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Timeline
- 1862Born in Wurttemberg, Germany
- December 29, 1890Act of valor — Sioux Campaign, South DakotaAge about 28. Company K, 7th U.S. Cavalry
- April 24, 1891Medal of Honor presented
- August 23, 1927DiedAge about 65.
- Resting placeCypress Hills National CemeteryBrooklyn, New York
Biography
Bernhard Jetter (February 26, 1862 – August 23, 1927) was a Kingdom of Württemberg-born soldier in the U.S. Army who served with the 7th U.S. Cavalry during the Indian Wars. He was one of twenty men who received the Medal of Honor for gallantry against the Dakota at the Battle of Wounded Knee, but now called the Wounded Knee Massacre, in South Dakota on December 29, 1890.
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