Daniel McKinley – Medal of Honor, Indian Campaigns (1868)

Private Daniel McKinley, a soldier in the U.S. Army, received the Medal of Honor for gallantry on August 13, 1868 vicinity of the Black Mountains, Arizona during the Indian Campaigns. At the time he was serving with Company B, 8th U.S. Cavalry. McKinley was about 23 years old.

30 other service members also received the Medal of Honor for actions on the same day. The medal was presented on July 24, 1869.

McKinley was born in 1845 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. His Medal of Honor is credited to San Francisco, San Francisco County, California.

McKinley is one of 426 Medal of Honor recipients from the Indian Campaigns and one of 142 credited to California.

Official Medal of Honor citation

Bravery in scouts and actions against Indians.

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

Timeline

1845
Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
August 13, 1868
Act of valor — Vicinity of the Black Mountains, Arizona
Age about 23. Company B, 8th U.S. Cavalry
July 24, 1869
Medal of Honor presented

Also honored for actions on August 13, 1868

See all 31 recipients for August 13, 1868 →

Same unit

CC Charles Crandall Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1868 JH John Hall Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1868 EP Edward Pengally Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869

More Indian Campaigns recipients from California

OS Otto Smith Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1868 JM John Moran Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869 FG Francis C. Green Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1868 FH Frank Hamilton Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869 JY John P. Yount Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1871 JC John Carr Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869

Sources. Service and award details compiled from the recipient record of the Congressional Medal of Honor Society. The narrative summary is generated from these records. Spotted an error? Send a correction.