b. 14/01/1843 Stoystown, Pennsylvania. d. 05/12/1925 Somerset County, Pennsylvania.
DATE OF MOH ACTION: 18/06/1864 Lynchburg, Virginia.
John W Mostoller MOH
Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He served as a Private in the Union Army in Company B, 54th Pennsylvania Infantry. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for action on June 18, 1864 at Lynchburg, Virginia. He did not receive his Medal until December 27, 1894.
MOH CITATION:
Voluntarily led a charge on a Confederate battery (the officers of the company being disabled) and compelled its hasty removal.
BURIAL LOCATION: IOOF CEMETERY, STOYSTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA.
SECTION 2, GRAVE 34.
LOCATION OF MEDAL: SOMERSET COUNTY COURTHOUSE ANNEX, SOMERSET, PENNSYLVANIA.
