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 1853 - 1927 (74 years)
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| Name |
Matthias Walter Day |
| Title |
Colonel |
| Nickname |
Matt and Daisy |
| Born |
8 Aug 1853 |
Mansfield, Richland County, OH  [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Graduation |
1877 |
West Point [1] |
| Event |
7 May 1890 [2] |
| Medal of Honor for his actions at Las Animas Canyon, New Mexico on 18 Sep 1879. "Advanced alone into the enemy's lines and carried off a wounded soldier of his command under a hot fire and after he had been ordered to retreat". |
| _MILT |
Colonel, 9th Cavalry Regiment (one of four African-American regiments which became known as the "Buffalo Soldiers" [1, 2] |
| Died |
12 Sep 1927 |
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA [1] |
| Buried |
San Francisco National cemetery, CA [2] |
| Person ID |
I302657 |
Day Family Tree |
| Last Modified |
28 Nov 2017 |
| Father |
Matthias Day, Jr., b. 11 May 1824, Mansfield, Richland County, OH , d. 3 Mar 1904, Columbia, Maury County, TN (Age 79 years) |
| Mother |
Mary Blymyer, b. 27 Sep 1827, d. 28 Sep 1894, Mansfield, Richland County, OH (Age 67 years) |
| Married |
3 Apr 1851 |
Delaware, Delaware County, OH [1] |
| Family ID |
F105882 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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