James Pym
Born: 1852 at Oxfordshire, England
Home Town: Boston, Massachusetts
Medal of Honor
American Indian Wars
U.S. Army
Date of Issue: October 5, 1878
The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Private James Pym, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism on 25 June 1876, while serving with Company B, 7th U.S. Cavalry, in action at Little Big Horn, Montana. Private Pym voluntarily went for water and secured the same under heavy fire.