This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Carson Classification: Military Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/DiH.2ACEB/1772 Message Board Post: Source: http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/moh1.htm CARSON, ANTHONY J. Rank and organization: Corporal, Company H, 43d Infantry, U.S. Volunteers. Place and date: At Catubig, Samar, Philippine Islands, 15-19 April 1900. Entered service at: Malden, Mass. Birth: Boston, Mass. Date of issue: 4 January 1906. Citation: Assumed command of a detachment of the company which had survived an overwhelming attack of the enemy, and by his bravery and untiring efforts and the exercise of extraordinary good judgment in the handling of his men successfully withstood for 2 days the attacks of a large force of the enemy, thereby saving the lives of the survivors and protecting the wounded until relief came. BURIAL INFORMATION Location: Mattapan, Massachusetts Cemetery: New Calvary Cemetery Born: 1869 Boston, MA Died: 1943 Additional Information and cemetery monument photo: http://www.homeofheroes.com/gravesites/states/pages_af/carson_anthony_ma.html Note: This is not my ancestry. I have NO additional information. I am just passing along information that may be useful. * Feel free to pass this on to other appropriate resources.