For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action at the risk of his life above and beyond
the call of duty the Medal of Honor was awarded to JOHN O. SKINNER
Contract Surgeon, USA, at Lava Beds, Oregon, 17 January 1873. Rescued a wounded soldier who lay under a close and heavy fire during the assault on the Modoc stronghold after two soldiers had unsuccessfully attempted to make the rescue and both had been wounded in doing so.
