Bernard J. D. Irwin
Military Person
1830 – 1917
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Who was Bernard J. D. Irwin?
Bernard John Dowling Irwin was an assistant army surgeon during the Apache Wars and the first Medal of Honor recipient. His actions on February 13, 1861 are the earliest for which the Medal of Honor was awarded.
Irwin was also interested in natural history and while at Fort Buchanan, Arizona in 1858-1860 he collected reptile specimens for the Smithsonian Institution. In 1857 Irwin donated a meteorite to the Smithsonian Institution that came to be known as the Irwin-Ainsa meteorite.
A collection of his papers is held at the National Library of Medicine
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- Born
- Jun 24, 1830
County Roscommon - Nationality
- United States of America
- Died
- Dec 15, 1917
Cobourg - Resting place
- West Point Cemetery
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on July 23, 2013
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