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Written by Alexander Higbee Davidson of Delaware
Served as Private, Corporal, Sergeant, Quatermaster Sergeant and First Sergeant, Troop E, 3rd U. S. Cavalry, 3 March 1890 to 12 July 1899
First Lieutenant, 36th U. S. Volunteer Infantry, 45 July 1899
Honorably mustered out 16 March 1901
Private, Sergeant and First Sergeant, Troop K, 13th U. S. Cavalry, 15 June to 8 October 1901
First Lieutenant, 13th Cavalry, 2 February 1901
DAVIDSON, ALEXANDER H.
- First Lieutenant, U.S. Army
- 36th Infantry, U.S. Volunteers
- General Orders No. 27, W.D., 1919
- Home Town: Delaware City, Delaware
- Date of Action: October 17, 1899
Citation
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Alexander H. Davidson, First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in an engagement with hostile Filipino insurgents near Porac, Province of Pampanga, Island of Luzon, Philippine Islands, on October 17, 1899.
DAVIDSON, ALEXANDER H.
- COL USARMY RETIRED
- DATE OF DEATH: 08/05/1943
- BURIED AT: SECTION 3 SITE 8931
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY
Michael Robert Patterson was born in Arlington and is the son of a former officer of the US Army. So it was no wonder that sooner or later his interests drew him to American history and especially to American military history. Many of his articles can be found on renowned portals like the New York Times, Washingtonpost or Wikipedia.
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