Serving as a soldier in the U.S. Army, Major Surgeon Paul Frederick Straub received the Medal of Honor for his actions on December 21, 1899 in Alos Zambales, Luzon, Philippine Islands during the Philippine Insurrection. At the time he was serving with 36th Infantry, U.S. Volunteers. Straub was 34 years old.
The medal was presented on October 3, 1906, 6 years after the action.
Straub was born on July 3, 1865 in Vohrenbach, Baden, Germany — one of 130 recipients born in Germany. His Medal of Honor is credited to Mount Pleasant, Henry County, Iowa. Straub died on November 25, 1937 in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 72. He is buried at Forest Home Cemetery in Mount Pleasant, Iowa.
Straub is one of 82 Medal of Honor recipients from the Philippine Insurrection and one of 55 credited to Iowa.
Official Medal of Honor citation
Voluntarily exposed himself to a hot fire from the enemy in repelling with pistol fire an insurgent attack and at great risk of his own life went under fire to the rescue of a wounded officer and carried him to a place of safety.
Citation text: U.S. Government, public domain.
Battles and campaigns
Also served in: Philippine–American War, World War I.
Life beyond the battlefield
- Occupations: surgeon
Source: Wikidata.
Places
Timeline
- July 3, 1865Born in Vohrenbach, Baden, Germany
- December 21, 1899Act of valor — Alos Zambales, Luzon, Philippine IslandsAge 34. 36th Infantry, U.S. Volunteers
- October 3, 1906Medal of Honor presented
- November 25, 1937Died in Los Angeles, CaliforniaAge 72.
- Resting placeForest Home CemeteryMount Pleasant, Iowa
Biography
Paul Frederick Straub was a Surgeon in the United States Army and a Medal of Honor recipient for his actions in the Philippine–American War. He also worked in the Office of the Surgeon General; his papers from his time there can be found at the National Library of Medicine.
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