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U.S. Army · United States 
William G. Tracy
Second Lieutenant
1842 – 1924
Second Lieutenant William G. Tracy served the U.S. Army. William was 82 years old.
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U.S. Army
Second Lieutenant
Medal of Honor
2 May 1863 · At Chancellorsville, Va. · Second Lieutenant, Company I, 122d New York Infantry.
Having been sent outside the lines to obtain certain information of great importance and having succeeded in his mission, was surprised upon his return by a large force of the enemy, regaining the Union lines only after greatly imperiling his life.
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For valor
Medal of Honor - Army
Having been sent outside the lines to obtain certain information of great importance and having succeeded in his mission, was surprised upon his return by a large force of the enemy, regaining the Union lines only after greatly imperiling his life.
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