This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: McCONNELL Classification: Military Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/DVz.2ACEB/1792 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. McCONNELL, JAMES Rank and organization: Private, Company B, 33d Infantry, U.S. Volunteers. Place and date: At Vigan, Luzon, Philippine Islands, 4 December 1899. Entered service at: Detroit, Mich. Birth: Syracuse, N.Y. Date of issue: 1 October 1902. Citation: Fought for hours Iying between 2 dead comrades, notwithstanding his hat was pierced, his clothing plowed through by bullets, and his face cut and bruised by flying gravel. Burial: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA Born: 1878 SYRACUSE, NY Died: 1918 Additional Information and cemetery monument photo: http://www.homeofheroes.com/gravesites/arlington/mcconnell_james.html

Thank you very much for sending this on to me. Thank him also - a real HERO. May God let them rest in peace. Sincerely Fern McConnell Mason ----- Original Message ----- From: <jasche@cinci.rr.com> To: <MCCONNELL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2006 7:54 AM Subject: [McConnell] McCONNELL, JAMES; Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient PHILIPPINE INSURRECTION > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: McCONNELL > Classification: Military > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/DVz.2ACEB/1792 > > 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. > > McCONNELL, JAMES > > Rank and organization: Private, Company B, 33d Infantry, U.S. Volunteers. > Place and date: At Vigan, Luzon, Philippine Islands, 4 December 1899. > Entered service at: Detroit, Mich. Birth: Syracuse, N.Y. Date of issue: 1 > October 1902. Citation: Fought for hours Iying between 2 dead comrades, > notwithstanding his hat was pierced, his clothing plowed through by > bullets, and his face cut and bruised by flying gravel. > > Burial: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA > > Born: 1878 SYRACUSE, NY > > Died: 1918 > > > Additional Information and cemetery monument photo: > > http://www.homeofheroes.com/gravesites/arlington/mcconnell_james.html > > > > > ********* > Visit the threaded archives of this list: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/MCCONNELL > ********* > Messages posted to the RootsWeb/Ancestry MCCONNELL Message Board are > gatewayed to this Mailing List. Remember that the author of gatewayed > messages may not be a list subscriber so please reply to gatewayed > messages by clicking on the link and replying on the board. > ************ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MCCONNELL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.408 / Virus Database: 268.13.13/500 - Release Date: > 10/26/2006 > >