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Paul H. Weinert

Corporal Paul H. Weinert, 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, 1890Born in Germany

Serving as a soldier in the U.S. Army, Corporal Paul H. Weinert 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 Battery E, 1st U.S. Artillery. Weinert was 21 years old.

18 other service members also received the Medal of Honor for actions on the same day. The medal was presented on March 24, 1891. He later rose to the rank of Sergeant.

Weinert was born on July 15, 1869 in Frankfort, Germany — one of 130 recipients born in Germany. His Medal of Honor is credited to Baltimore, Baltimore County, Maryland. Weinert died on January 19, 1919 in Mattapan, Massachusetts, at the age of 49. He is buried at Milton Cemetery in Milton, Massachusetts. His medal is held by National Museum of the U.S. Army, Fort Belvoir, VA.

Weinert is one of 426 Medal of Honor recipients from the Indian Campaigns and one of 85 credited to Maryland.

Official Medal of Honor citation

Taking the place of his commanding officer, who had fallen severely wounded, he gallantly served his piece, after each fire advancing it to a better position.

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

Battles and campaigns

Also served in: American Indian Wars.

Places

  • Born: Frankfurt — map
  • Died: Milton — map
  • Buried: Milton Cemetery — map

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Timeline

  1. July 15, 1869
    Born in Frankfort, Germany
  2. December 29, 1890
    Act of valor — Wounded Knee Creek, South Dakota
    Age 21. Battery E, 1st U.S. Artillery
  3. March 24, 1891
    Medal of Honor presented
  4. January 19, 1919
    Died in Mattapan, Massachusetts
    Age 49.
  5. Resting place
    Milton Cemetery
    Milton, Massachusetts

Biography

Sergeant Paul H. Weinert (July 15, 1869 – January 19, 1919) was an American soldier in the U.S. Army who served with the 1st U.S. Artillery during the Indian Wars. He was one of twenty men who received the Medal of Honor for gallantry at what was then called the Battle of Wounded Knee, but now commonly called the Wounded Knee Massacre, taking charge of the battery when his commanding officer was severely wounded, on December 29, 1890.

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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 MH Marvin C. Hillock Private · 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

See all 19 recipients for December 29, 1890 →

More Indian Campaigns recipients from Maryland

Clinton Greaves Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1877 Powhatan Henry Clarke Second Lieutenant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1886 WM William McNamara First Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1872 WF William Foster Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1872 John Oscar Skinner Contract Surgeon · Army Indian Campaigns · 1873 JM John Mott Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1871
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