Sergeant Frank E. Hill was a soldier in the U.S. Army who received the Medal of Honor for his actions on September 8, 1872 at Date Creek, Arizona during the Indian Campaigns. At the time he was serving with Company E, 5th U.S. Cavalry. Hill was about 23 years old.
The medal was presented on August 12, 1875, 2 years after the action. He later rose to the rank of First Sergeant.
Hill was born in 1849 in Mayfield, Washington County, Wisconsin. His Medal of Honor is credited to St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri. Hill died on March 20, 1906 in Manhatten, Nevada, at the age of about 57. He is buried at Odd Fellows Columbarium in San Francisco, California.
Hill is one of 426 Medal of Honor recipients from the Indian Campaigns and one of 78 credited to Missouri.
Official Medal of Honor citation
Secured the person of a hostile Apache chief, although while holding the chief he was severely wounded in the back by another Indian.
Citation text: U.S. Government, public domain.
Wounds and injuries
What the citation records about his wounds:
Secured the person of a hostile Apache chief, although while holding the chief he was severely wounded in the back by another Indian.
- Age at death: about 57
- Resting place: Odd Fellows Columbarium
Battles and campaigns
Also served in: American Indian Wars.
Places
Veteran resources, cemeteries and meeting places in Missouri →
Timeline
- 1849Born in Mayfield, Washington County, Wisconsin
- September 8, 1872Act of valor — Date Creek, ArizonaAge about 23. Company E, 5th U.S. Cavalry
- August 12, 1875Medal of Honor presented
- March 20, 1906Died in Manhatten, NevadaAge about 57.
- Resting placeOdd Fellows ColumbariumSan Francisco, California
Biography
Frank E. Hill (c. 1850 – March 29, 1906) served in the United States Army during the American Indian Wars. He received the Medal of Honor. Hill was born in Mayfield, Wisconsin. He died on March 20, 1906, in Manhattan, Nevada. His ashes rest in the Columbarium of San Francisco in San Francisco, California. Hill was severely wounded during an outbreak at Camp Date Creek, Arizona Territory on September 8, 1872; he later received a Medal of Honor for the incident. He also received an honorable mention for his actions north of Baby Canyon on December 29, 1872.
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