First Lieutenant Charles Goodwin Bickham, a soldier in the U.S. Army, received the Medal of Honor for gallantry on May 2, 1902 in Bayong, near Lake Lanao, Mindanao, Philippine Islands during the Philippine Insurrection. At the time he was serving with 27th U.S. Infantry. Bickham was 34 years old.
The medal was presented on April 29, 1904. He later rose to the rank of Captain.
Bickham was born on August 12, 1867 in Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio. Bickham died on December 14, 1944, at the age of 77. He is buried at Woodlawn Cemetery in Dayton, Ohio.
Bickham is one of 82 Medal of Honor recipients from the Philippine Insurrection and one of 256 credited to Ohio.
Official Medal of Honor citation
Crossed a fire-swept field, in close-range of the enemy, and brought a wounded soldier to a place of shelter.
Citation text: U.S. Government, public domain.
Battles and campaigns
Also served in: Philippine–American War.
Places
Timeline
- August 12, 1867Born in Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio
- May 2, 1902Act of valor — Bayong, near Lake Lanao, Mindanao, Philippine IslandsAge 34. 27th U.S. Infantry
- April 29, 1904Medal of Honor presented
- December 14, 1944DiedAge 77.
- Resting placeWoodlawn CemeteryDayton, Ohio
Biography
Charles Goodwin Bickham (August 12, 1867, in Dayton, Ohio – December 14, 1944, in Dayton) was a United States Army first lieutenant who received the Medal of Honor for "distinguished gallantry" on May 2, 1902, in the Battle of Bayang, during the Moro Rebellion. Lieutenant Bickham carried a wounded soldier across a "fire-swept field". His medal was awarded by Theodore Roosevelt on April 28, 1904. He served as a colonel on the staff of Ohio Governor William McKinley. During the Spanish–American War, he served as a corporal in Company G, Third Regiment, Ohio National Guard, and later a captain in the Ninth Regiment (Immunes), U.S. Volunteer Infantry.
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