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U.S. Army · United States 
Clinton Greaves
1855 – 1906
Clinton Greaves served the U.S. Army. Clinton was 51 years old.
Service Record
U.S. Army
Medal of Honor
24 January 1877 · At Florida Mountains, N. Mex. · Corporal, Company C, 9th U.S. Cavalry.
While part of a small detachment to persuade a band of renegade Apache Indians to surrender, his group was surrounded. Corporal. Greaves in the center of the savage hand-to-hand fighting, managed to shoot and bash a gap through the swarming Apaches, permitting his companions to break free .
Awards & Decorations
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For valor
Medal of Honor - Army
While part of a small detachment to persuade a band of renegade Apache Indians to surrender, his group was surrounded. Corporal. Greaves in the center of the savage hand-to-hand fighting, managed to shoot and bash a gap through the swarming Apaches, permitting his companions to break free .
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