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Charles Breyer
Sergeant
Sergeant Charles Breyer served the U.S. Army.
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U.S. Army
Sergeant
Medal of Honor
23 August 1862 · At Rappahannock Station, Va. · Sergeant, Company I, 90th Pennsylvania Infantry.
Voluntarily, and at great personal risk, picked up an unexploded shell and threw it away, thus doubtless saving the life of a comrade whose arm had been taken off by the same shell.
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For valor
Medal of Honor - Army
Voluntarily, and at great personal risk, picked up an unexploded shell and threw it away, thus doubtless saving the life of a comrade whose arm had been taken off by the same shell.
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