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Private · U.S. Army

Frank Tolan

Private Frank Tolan, Army, received the Medal of Honor for actions on June 25, 1876 in Little Big Horn, Montana during the Indian Campaigns.

Indian Campaigns June 25, 1876

Private Frank Tolan was a soldier in the U.S. Army who received the Medal of Honor for his actions on June 25, 1876 in Little Big Horn, Montana during the Indian Campaigns. At the time he was serving with Company D, 7th U.S. Cavalry. Tolan was about 22 years old.

22 other service members also received the Medal of Honor for actions on the same day. The medal was presented on October 5, 1878, 2 years after the action.

Tolan was born in 1854 in Malone, Franklin County, New York. His Medal of Honor is credited to Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. Records also list him as Toland, Francis.

Tolan is one of 426 Medal of Honor recipients from the Indian Campaigns and one of 265 credited to Massachusetts.

Official Medal of Honor citation

Voluntarily brought water to the wounded under fire.

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

Timeline

  1. 1854
    Born in Malone, Franklin County, New York
  2. June 25, 1876
    Act of valor — Little Big Horn, Montana
    Age about 22. Company D, 7th U.S. Cavalry
  3. October 5, 1878
    Medal of Honor presented

Also honored for actions on June 25, 1876

NB Neil Bancroft Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 AB Abram B. Brant Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 ✦ Thomas Joseph Callen Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 BC Benjamin C. Criswell Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 CC Charles Cunningham Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 FD Frederick Deetline Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 George Geiger Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 RH Richard P. Hanley Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 DH David W. Harris Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 WH William H. Harris Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 HH Henry Holden Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 RH Rufus D. Hutchinson Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876

See all 23 recipients for June 25, 1876 →

More Indian Campaigns recipients from Massachusetts

GM Gregory Mahoney Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1874 Charles Albert Bessey Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1877 Lloyd Milton Brett Second Lieutenant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1880 DK Daniel Keating Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1870 Myles Moylan Captain · Army Indian Campaigns · 1877 JL James Lowthers Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1875
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.