BOEHLER, OTTO
Rank and Organization: Private, Company I, 1st
North Dakota Volunteer Infantry. Place and Date: Near San Isidro, Philippine
Islands, 16 May 1899. Entered Service At: Wahpeton, N. Dak. Birth: Germany. Date
of Issue: 17 May 1906.
Citation:
With 21 other scouts charged across a burning bridge,
under heavy fire, and completely routed 600 of the enemy who were entrenched in a strongly
fortified position.