Private Franklin M. McDonald, a soldier in the U.S. Army, received the Medal of Honor for gallantry on August 5, 1872 at Fort Griffin, Texas during the Indian Campaigns. At the time he was serving with Company G, 11th U.S. Infantry. McDonald was about 22 years old.
The medal was presented on August 31, 1872.
McDonald was born in 1850 in Bowling Green, Warren County, Kentucky. His Medal of Honor is credited to Fort Griffin, Shackelford County, Texas. Records also list him as McDonnold, Franklin M..
McDonald is one of 426 Medal of Honor recipients from the Indian Campaigns and one of 78 credited to Texas.
Official Medal of Honor citation
Gallantry in defeating Indians who attacked the mail.
Citation text: U.S. Government, public domain.
Battles and campaigns
Also served in: American Indian Wars.
Places
- Born: Bowling Green — map
Timeline
- 1850Born in Bowling Green, Warren County, Kentucky
- August 5, 1872Act of valor — Fort Griffin, TexasAge about 22. Company G, 11th U.S. Infantry
- August 31, 1872Medal of Honor presented
Biography
Franklin M. McDonald (1850–unknown) was a soldier in the U.S. Army during the Indian Wars and a recipient of the Medal of Honor for gallantry in defeating Indians who attacked the mail coach he was escorting.
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