Corporal Daniel Keating was a soldier in the U.S. Army who received the Medal of Honor for his actions on October 5, 1870 at Wichita River, Texas during the Indian Campaigns. At the time he was serving with Company M, 6th U.S. Cavalry. Keating was about 24 years old.
5 other service members also received the Medal of Honor for actions on the same day. The medal was presented on October 5, 1870. He later rose to the rank of Sergeant.
Keating was born in 1846 in County Cork, Ireland — one of 258 recipients born in Ireland. His Medal of Honor is credited to Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. Keating died on June 20, 1912 in East Boston, Massachusetts, at the age of about 66. He is buried at Holy Cross Cemetery in Malden, Massachusetts.
Keating is one of 426 Medal of Honor recipients from the Indian Campaigns and one of 265 credited to Massachusetts.
Official Medal of Honor citation
Gallantry in action and in pursuit of Indians.
Citation text: U.S. Government, public domain.
Battles and campaigns
Also served in: American Indian Wars.
Places
- Born: County Cork — map
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Timeline
- 1846Born in County Cork, Ireland
- October 5, 1870Act of valor — Wichita River, TexasAge about 24. Company M, 6th U.S. Cavalry
- October 5, 1870Medal of Honor presented
- June 20, 1912Died in East Boston, MassachusettsAge about 66.
- Resting placeHoly Cross CemeteryMalden, Massachusetts
Biography
Daniel Keating (1846 – June 20, 1912) was a United States Army soldier who received the U.S. military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions in the Indian Wars of the western United States.
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