b. 15/01/1872 Seneca, Kansas. d. 03/12/1908 Kansas City, Kansas.
DATE OF MOH ACTION: 27/04/1899 Calumpit, Philippines.
Edward White MOH
panish-American War Medal of Honor Recipient. He served as a Private in Company B, 20th Kansas Volunteer Infantry US Army in the Philippine Campaign of the Spanish-American War. At Calumpit, Luzon, Philippine Islands, April 27, 1899, Private White swam the river in enemy fire, fastened a rope to occupied trenches enabling his company to cross the river and drive the enemy from a fortified position. For gallantry in the face of the enemy, he was awarded the Medal of Honor on March 11, 1902. After the war he worked as a Kansas City firefighter and died of tuberculosis at age 31.
MOH CITATION:
Swam the Rio Grande de Pampanga in the face of the enemy’s fire and fastened a rope to the occupied trenches, thereby enabling the crossing of the river and the driving of the enemy from his fortified position.
BURIAL LOCATION: MOUNT CALVARY CEMETERY, KANSAS CITY, KANSAS.
SECTION 1 OLD, SINGLES NORTH OF NORTH ROAD, LOT WEST END.
LOCATION OF MEDAL: UNKNOWN.
