Private Thomas Sletteland, a soldier in the U.S. Army, received the Medal of Honor for gallantry on April 12, 1899 near Paete, Luzon, Philippine Islands during the Philippine Insurrection. At the time he was serving with Company C, 1st North Dakota Infantry. Sletteland was about 28 years old.
The medal was presented on March 11, 1902, 2 years after the action.
Sletteland was born in 1871 in Bergen, Norway — one of 22 recipients born in Norway. His Medal of Honor is credited to Grafton, Walsh County, North Dakota. Sletteland died in 1915, at the age of about 44. He is buried at Evergreen Cemetery in Mandon, North Dakota.
Sletteland is one of 82 Medal of Honor recipients from the Philippine Insurrection and one of 19 credited to North Dakota.
Official Medal of Honor citation
Singlehanded and alone defended his dead and wounded comrades against a greatly superior force of the enemy.
Citation text: U.S. Government, public domain.
Timeline
- 1871Born in Bergen, Norway
- April 12, 1899Act of valor — near Paete, Luzon, Philippine IslandsAge about 28. Company C, 1st North Dakota Infantry
- March 11, 1902Medal of Honor presented
- 1915DiedAge about 44.
- Resting placeEvergreen CemeteryMandon, North Dakota
