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Sergeant · U.S. Army

John A. Poppe

Sergeant John A. Poppe, Army, received the Medal of Honor for actions on September 29, 1879 at Milk River, Colorado during the Indian Campaigns.

Indian Campaigns September 29, 1879

Sergeant John A. Poppe was a soldier in the U.S. Army who received the Medal of Honor for his actions on September 29, 1879 at Milk River, Colorado during the Indian Campaigns. At the time he was serving with Company F, 5th U.S. Cavalry. Poppe was about 25 years old.

8 other service members also received the Medal of Honor for actions on the same day. The medal was presented on January 27, 1880.

Poppe was born in 1854 in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. His Medal of Honor is credited to Fort Dodge, Ford County, Kansas. Poppe died on January 16, 1926 in Cincinnati, Ohio, at the age of about 72. He is buried at Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Poppe is one of 426 Medal of Honor recipients from the Indian Campaigns and one of 31 credited to Kansas.

Official Medal of Honor citation

Gallantry in action.

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

Timeline

  1. 1854
    Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio
  2. September 29, 1879
    Act of valor — Milk River, Colorado
    Age about 25. Company F, 5th U.S. Cavalry
  3. January 27, 1880
    Medal of Honor presented
  4. January 16, 1926
    Died in Cincinnati, Ohio
    Age about 72.
  5. Resting place
    Spring Grove Cemetery
    Cincinnati, Ohio

Further reading

Also honored for actions on September 29, 1879

Francis Safford Dodge Captain · Army Indian Campaigns · 1879 Edward P. Grimes Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1879 JM John Mitchell Merrill Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1879 GM George Moquin Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1879 EM Edward F. Murphy Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1879 WP Wilhelm O. Philipsen Blacksmith · Army Indian Campaigns · 1879 HR Hampton Mitchell Roach Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1879 JW Jacob Widmer First Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1879

Same unit

JB James Brown Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1872 MG Michael Glynn Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1872 HN Henry Newman First Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1872 John Nihill Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1872

More Indian Campaigns recipients from Kansas

JK John W. Knox Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1874 FH Fred O. Hunt Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1877 HH Henry Hogan First Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1877 JH John Haddoo Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 JD James Thomas Daniels Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1890 HR Henry Rodenburg Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876
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.