Louis C. Mosher

{{Short description|Medal of Honor recipient (1880–1958)}}

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|name= Louis C. Mosher

|birth_date= {{Birth date|1880|4|26}}

|death_date= {{Death date and age|1958|9|29|1880|4|26}}

|birth_place= Westport, Massachusetts, US

|death_place= San Francisco, California, U.S.{{cite web|url=https://www.cmohs.org/recipients/louis-c-mosher|title=LOUIS C MOSHER|website=cmohs.org|publisher=Congressional Medal of Honor Society|access-date=January 12, 2025}}

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|image=Louis_Mosher_with_his_Medal_of_Honor.jpg

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|allegiance= United States of America

|branch= United States Army

|serviceyears= 1901–1933

|rank= First Lieutenant

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|unit = Philippine Scouts

|battles = Philippine–American War
*Battle of Bud Bagsak

|awards = Medal of Honor

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Louis Clinton Mosher (April 26, 1880 – September 29, 1958) was a Second Lieutenant in the United States Army and a Medal of Honor recipient for his actions in the Philippine–American War.{{cite web | title=Second Lieutenant MOSHER, LOUIS C., U.S. Army | website=CMOHS.org | date=1913-06-11 | url=http://www.cmohs.org/recipient-detail/2255/mosher-louis-c.php | access-date=2018-01-26}}

Medal of Honor citation

Rank and organization: Second Lieutenant, Philippine Scouts. Place and date: At Gagsak Mountain, Jolo, Philippine Islands, June 11, 1913. Entered service at: Brockton, Mass. Birth: Westport, Mass. Date of issue: Unknown.

Citation:

Voluntarily entered a cleared space within about 20 yards of the Moro trenches under a furious fire from them and carried a wounded soldier of his company to safety at the risk of his own life.

See also

References

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  • {{Cite web|accessdate = 2008-04-09|url = http://www.history.army.mil/html/moh/philippine.html|title = "MOSHER, LOUIS C." entry|work = Medal of Honor recipients: Philippine-American War|date = June 8, 2009|publisher = United States Army Center of Military History|archive-date = 2007-12-14|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071214025517/http://www.history.army.mil/html/moh/philippine.html|url-status = dead}}

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Category:Philippine–American War recipients of the Medal of Honor

Category:Burials at San Francisco National Cemetery

Category:American expatriates in the Philippines

Category:Military personnel from Massachusetts

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