James Robb Church
Born: 1866 at Chicago, Illinois
Home Town: Washington, D. C.
Date of Issue: January 10, 1906
The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Assistant Surgeon James Robb Church, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism on 24 June 1898, while serving with 1st U.S. Volunteer Cavalry (Rough Riders), in action at Las Guasimas, Cuba. In addition to performing gallantly the duties pertaining to his position, Assistant Surgeon Church voluntarily and unaided carried several seriously wounded men from the firing line to a secure position in the rear, in each instance being subjected to a very heavy fire and great exposure and danger.
