John W Wagner MOH

b. 1837 Clear Spring, Maryland. d. 24/08/1896 Boston, Massachusetts.

DATE OF MOH ACTION: 22/05/1863 Vicksburg, Mississippi.

John W Wagner MOH

Wagner was born in Clear Spring, Maryland, and he entered service in St. Louis, Missouri. Wagner was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions at the Battle of Vicksburg on May 22, 1863, for his gallantry in the charge of the volunteer storming party as a corporal with Company F of the 8th Missouri Infantry.

His Medal of Honor was issued on December 14, 1894, and Wagner died in 1896 and was buried in Jamaica Plains, Massachusetts.

 

MOH CITATION:

Gallantry in the charge of the “volunteer storming party.”

 

BURIAL LOCATION: FOREST HILLS CEMETERY, JAMAICA PLAINS, MASSACHUSETTS.

SECTION 21, MAPLE AVENUE, LOT 3805.

LOCATION OF MEDAL: BELIEVED TO BE FAMILY.