b. 13/02/1848 Kosciusko County, Indiana. d. 29/12/1917 South Bend, Indiana.
DATE OF MOH ACTION: 20/10/1869 Chiricahua Mountains, Arizona Territory.
Weiss served as a private in Company G, 1st Cavalry, United States Army. He received a Medal of Honor for “gallantry in action with Indians” in the Chiricahua Mountains in the Arizona Territory on October 20, 1869. He received the Medal of Honor on February 14, 1870.
MOH CITATION:
Gallantry in action with Indians.
BURIAL LOCATION: SOUTH BEND CEMETERY, SOUTH BEND, INDIANA.
SECTION 1 EAST, BLOCK 16, LOT 10.
LOCATION OF MEDAL: UNKNOWN.
