This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Gibson Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/wAZ.2ACIB/5139 Message Board Post: Source: http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/moh1.htm Note: This is not my ancestry. I have NO additional information. I am just passing along information that may be useful. GIBSON, EDWARD H. Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company M, 27th Infantry, U.S. Volunteers. Place and date: At San Mateo, Philippine Islands, 19 December 1899. Entered service at: Boston, Mass. Birth: Boston, Mass. Date of issue: Unknown. Citation: Attempted under a heavy fire of the enemy to swim a river for the purpose of obtaining and returning with a canoe. Burial: San Bruno, CA in Golden Gate National Cemetery 1872 in Boston, MA - 1942 Additional Information and cemetery monument photo: http://www.homeofheroes.com/gravesites/states/pages_go/gibson_edward.html