BURKE, DANIEL W. - Medal of Honor Recipient


Rank and organization:   First Sergeant, Company B, 2d U.S. Infantry.
Place and date:   At Shepherdstown Ford, Va., 20 September 1862. Entered service at: Connecticut.

Birth:   New Haven, Conn. Date of issue 21 April 1892.

Citation:   Voluntarily attempted to spike a gun in the face of the enemy.

This data was extracted from the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, U.S. Senate, Medal of Honor Recipients: 1863-1973 (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1973)