b. 19/02/1879 Sandy Hook, Maryland. d. 20/12/1958 San Antonio, Texas.
DATE OF MOH ACTION: 05/12/1906 La Paz, Philippines.
Seth L Weld MOH
Philippine Insurrection Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. At La Paz, Leyte, Philippine Islands (5 December 1906) Corporal Weld, “with his right arm cut open with a bolo, went to the assistance of a wounded constabulary officer and a fellow soldier who were surrounded by about 40 Pulajanes, and, using his disabled rifle as a club, beat back the assailants and rescued his party.” Awarded the Medal of Honor on October 10, 1908.
MOH CITATION:
With his right arm cut open with a bolo, went to the assistance of a wounded constabulary officer and a fellow soldier who were surrounded by about 40 Pulajanes, and, using his disabled rifle as a club, beat back the assailants and rescued his party.
BURIAL LOCATION: FORT SAM HOUSTON NATIONAL CEMETERY, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.
SECTION AH, GRAVE 189.
LOCATION OF MEDAL: FAMILY.
