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Private · U.S. Army

Marvin C. Hillock

Private Marvin C. Hillock, Army, received the Medal of Honor for actions on December 29, 1890 at Wounded Knee Creek, South Dakota during the Indian Campaigns.

Indian Campaigns December 29, 1890

Private Marvin C. Hillock was a soldier in the U.S. Army who received the Medal of Honor for his actions on December 29, 1890 at Wounded Knee Creek, South Dakota during the Indian Campaigns. At the time he was serving with Company B, 7th U.S. Cavalry. Hillock was about 22 years old.

18 other service members also received the Medal of Honor for actions on the same day. The medal was presented on April 16, 1891.

Hillock was born in 1868 in Port Huron, St. Clair County, Michigan. His Medal of Honor is credited to Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan.

Hillock is one of 426 Medal of Honor recipients from the Indian Campaigns and one of 112 credited to Michigan.

Official Medal of Honor citation

Distinguished bravery.

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

Timeline

  1. 1868
    Born in Port Huron, St. Clair County, Michigan
  2. December 29, 1890
    Act of valor — Wounded Knee Creek, South Dakota
    Age about 22. Company B, 7th U.S. Cavalry
  3. April 16, 1891
    Medal of Honor presented

Also honored for actions on December 29, 1890

WA William Grafton Austin Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1890 JC John E. Clancy Musician · Army Indian Campaigns · 1890 MF Mosheim Feaster Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1890 Ernest Albert Garlington First Lieutenant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1890 John Channing Gresham First Lieutenant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1890 MH Mathew H. Hamilton Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1890 JH Joshua B. Hartzog Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1890 HH Harry Leroy Hawthorne Second Lieutenant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1890 George Hobday Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1890 BJ Bernhard Jetter Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1890 GL George Lloyd Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1890 AM Albert Walter McMillian Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1890

See all 19 recipients for December 29, 1890 →

Same unit

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 RH Rufus D. Hutchinson Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 TM Thomas Murray Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 JP James Pym Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 Charles Albert Varnum Captain · Army Indian Campaigns · 1890

More Indian Campaigns recipients from Michigan

GE George H. Eldridge Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1870 FJ Frederick Jarvis Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869 JW John Walker Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869 HJ Henry Johnson Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1879 TP Thomas Powers Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869 Frank Dwight Baldwin First Lieutenant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1874
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.