b. 13/05/1858 Bristol, Rhode Island. d. 12/06/1909 San Francisco, California.
DATE OF MOH ACTION: 29/10/1879 Milk River, Colorado.
John S Lawton MOH
Indian Wars Medal of Honor recipient. He served as a Sergeant, Company D, 5th U.S. Cavalry. On 29 September 1879, Sgt. Lawton volunteered to accompany and lead a small detachment at Milk River, Colorado. Through coolness and steadiness under hostile enemy fire Sgt. Lawton completed a very dangerous mission. His Medal of Honor was awarded 7 June 1880. He later enlisted in the US Marine Corps on August 6, 1893 and during the Spanish American War was a private in the Marine Guard on Commodore George Dewey’s flagship of the Asiatic Squadron, USFS Olympia and was at the Battle of Manila Bay.
MOH CITATION:
Coolness and steadiness under fire; volunteered to accompany a small detachment on a very dangerous mission.
BURIAL LOCATION: SAN FRANCISCO NATIONAL CEMETERY, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.
SECTION NAWS, GRAVE 1392.
LOCATION OF MEDAL: UNKNOWN.
