Orlando Phidelio Boss
Born: July 30, 1844 at Fitchburg, Massachusetts
Home Town: Fitchburg, Massachusetts
Date of Issue: May 10, 1888
The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Corporal Orlando Phidelio Boss, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism on 3 June 1864, while serving with Company F, 25th Massachusetts Infantry, in action at Cold Harbor, Virginia. Corporal Boss rescued his lieutenant, who was lying between the lines mortally wounded; this under a heavy fire of the enemy.
