Sergeant Fred Myers, a soldier in the U.S. Army, received the Medal of Honor for gallantry on January 1, 1891 at White River, South Dakota during the Indian Campaigns. At the time he was serving with Company K, 6th U.S. Cavalry. Myers was about 43 years old.
5 other service members also received the Medal of Honor for actions on the same day. The medal was presented on February 4, 1891.
Myers was born in 1848 in Brunswick, Germany — one of 130 recipients born in Germany. His Medal of Honor is credited to St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri. Myers died on May 5, 1900, at the age of about 52. He is buried at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia.
Myers is one of 426 Medal of Honor recipients from the Indian Campaigns and one of 78 credited to Missouri.
Official Medal of Honor citation
With five men repelled a superior force of the enemy and held his position against their repeated efforts to recapture it.
Citation text: U.S. Government, public domain.
Timeline
- 1848Born in Brunswick, Germany
- January 1, 1891Act of valor — White River, South DakotaAge about 43. Company K, 6th U.S. Cavalry
- February 4, 1891Medal of Honor presented
- May 5, 1900DiedAge about 52.
- Resting placeArlington National CemeteryArlington, Virginia
