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Charles L. Barrell - Wayland, Michigan.
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Charles L. Barrel - Recipient of the Medal of Honor Hooker Cemetery, Allegan County, Leighton Township, Wayland, Michigan.
Waymark Code: WMJJM1
Location: Michigan, United States
Date Posted: 11/25/2013
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Charles L. Barrell
Date of birth: August 1, 1842
Date of death: April 18, 1914
Burial location:
Hooker Cemetery, Allegan County, Leighton Township, Wayland, Michigan.
Place of Birth: Conquest, New York
Home of record: Leighton, Michigan
The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to First Lieutenant Charles L. Barrell, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism on April, 1865, while serving with Company C, 102d Colored Infantry, in action at Camden, South Carolina, in hazardous service in marching through the enemy's country to bring relief to his command.
Armed Service: Army
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