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 [decorative delimiter] Class of 1880

Vol. III
p338
2863

(Born N. J.)

Henry B. Moon

(Ap'd Mo.)

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Military History. — Cadet at the Military Academy, June 14, 1876, to June 12, 1880, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to

Second Lieut., 20th Infantry, June 12, 1880.

Served: on frontier duty at Ft. Brown, Tex., Oct. 2, 1880, to Dec. 20, 1881, — Ft. Hays, Kan., to Feb. 24, 1885, — Ft. Riley, Kan., to May 10, 1885, — Ft. Assinniboine, Mon., to Oct. 16, 1889, — and Camp Poplar

(First Lieut., 20th Infantry, Aug. 31, 1887)

River, Mon., to –––––.

Vol. IV
p334
[Supplement, Vol. IV: 1890‑1900]

Military History. — Served: At Camp Poplar River, Mont., with company, performing also duties as Adjutant, Quartermaster, Commissary, Ordnance Officer, and in charge of Canteen. — (Regimental Adjutant, March 12, 1891 to March 12, 1895.) — At Fort Assinniboine, Mont., March 26, 1891 to Oct. 12, 1894, and at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., from Oct. 14, 1894 to April 19, 1898.

(Captain of Infantry, 20th Infantry, May 31, 1895)

— Left Fort Leavenworth, Kan., in command of Company B, April 19, 1898, and participated in the Santiago, Cuba, campaign. — Wounded in right arm and right knee on July 2, 1898, in battle before Santiago. — Left Cuba in consequence, July 8, 1898, for United States. — On duty as Quartermaster, Commissary, Ordnance Officer, and Disbursing Officer of the Medical Department, at Army and Navy General Hospital, Hot Springs, Ark., from Aug. 23, 1898, to ––––

Vol. V
p311
[Supplement, Vol. V: 1900‑1910]

Military History. — Served: Quartermaster, Commissary, Ordnance Officer, and Disbursing Officer of the Medical Department, at Army and Navy General Hospital, Hot Springs, Ark., from Aug. 23, 1898 to Oct. 31, 1899; on recruiting duty and on sick leave, to Dec. 6, 1902.

(Transferred to 5th Infantry, April 8, 1901)

(Major, 23d Infantry, April 13, 1901)

(Transferred to 10th Infantry, May 31, 1901)

— With regiment at Presidio of San Francisco, Cal., Forts Lawton, W. and Egbert, Alas., from Feb. 15, 1903 to June 21, 1907; (President G. C. M. to Fort Davis, Alas., June 6 to Aug. 6, 1903; member Board of Officers to Hawaiian Islands, Oct. 21 to Dec. 2, 1903.)

(Lieut.‑Colonel, 10th Infantry, Dec. 2, 1906)

(Transferred to 20th Infantry, Jan. 26, 1907)

— With regiment, from Aug. 8, 1907 to –––––; (granted Spanish War Service Medal.)

Vol. VI
p300
[Supplement, Vol. VI: 1910‑1920]

(Henry Buckman Moon, Born March 17, 1856.)

Military History. —

Lieut.‑Colonel, 10th Infantry, Dec. 2, 1906

Transferred to 20th Infantry, Jan. 26, 1907

With regiment Aug. 8, 1907, to Dec. 5, 1908; (commanding regiment, Oct. 1 to Dec. 12, 1907, and from Aug. 10 to Dec. 5, 1908); on leave of absence, Dec. 6, 1908, to April 5, 1909.

Lieut.‑Colonel, U. S. A., Retired, April 5, 1909,
At His Own Request, After Over 30 Years' Service.

Died, Sept. 2, 1912, at Washington, D. C.: Aged 56.

Buried, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA.


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