Harry L. Hawthorne
Military Person
1859 – 1948
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Who was Harry L. Hawthorne?
Harry LeRoy Hawthorne a Medal of Honor recipient.
Hawthorne was born in 1859 in Minnesota. He graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1882, but after two years chose to take his commission in the United States Army. He distinguished himself at was then called the Battle of Wounded Knee, but now commonly called the Wounded Knee Massacre receiving the Medal of Honor. He made the Army a career, attending the Army War College and retiring as a colonel in 1914, and was recalled to serve during World War I.
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- Born
- Nov 27, 1859
Minnesota - Also known as
- Harry Hawthorne
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Education
- United States Naval Academy
- Died
- Apr 10, 1948
- Resting place
- Arlington National Cemetery
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on July 23, 2013
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