United States of America
U.S. Army · United States 
Louis J. Van Schaick
First Lieutenant
1875 – 1945
First Lieutenant Louis J. Van Schaick served the U.S. Army. Louis was 69 years old.
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U.S. Army
First Lieutenant
Medal of Honor
23 November 1901 · Near Nasugbu, Batangas, Philippine Islands · First Lieutenant, 4th U.S. Infantry.
While in pursuit of a band of insurgents was the first of his detachment to emerge from a canyon, and seeing a column of insurgents and fearing they might turn and dispatch his men as they emerged one by one from the canyon, galloped forward and closed with the insurgents, thereby throwing them into confusion until the arrival of others of the detachment.
33, 1913.
Awards & Decorations
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For valor
Medal of Honor - Army
33, 1913.
While in pursuit of a band of insurgents was the first of his detachment to emerge from a canyon, and seeing a column of insurgents and fearing they might turn and dispatch his men as they emerged one by one from the canyon, galloped forward and closed with the insurgents, thereby throwing them into confusion until the arrival of others of the detachment.
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