Corporal Frank Bratling was a soldier in the U.S. Army who was awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously for his actions on July 8, 1873 at Fort Selden, New Mexico during the Indian Campaigns. At the time he was serving with Company C, 8th U.S. Cavalry. Bratling was about 28 years old.
4 other service members also received the Medal of Honor for actions on the same day. The medal was presented on August 12, 1875, 2 years after the action.
Bratling was born in 1845 in Bavaria, Germany — one of 130 recipients born in Germany. His Medal of Honor is credited to Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky. Bratling died on July 13, 1873 in near Canada Alamos, New Mexico, at the age of about 28. He is buried at Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
Bratling is one of 426 Medal of Honor recipients from the Indian Campaigns and one of 44 credited to Kentucky.
Official Medal of Honor citation
Services against hostile Indians.
Citation text: U.S. Government, public domain.
Timeline
- 1845Born in Bavaria, Germany
- July 8, 1873Act of valor — Fort Selden, New MexicoAge about 28. Company C, 8th U.S. Cavalry
- July 13, 1873Died in near Canada Alamos, New MexicoAge about 28.
- August 12, 1875Medal of Honor presented posthumously
- Resting placeFort Leavenworth National CemeteryFort Leavenworth, Kansas
