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Bernard J. D. Irwin

United States Army Medal of Honor recipient (1830-1917) · United States · On the map · Doctors · Died at 87

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.

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Doctors
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Lived 1830 to 1917 · aged 87