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Last Rank
Major General
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Last Service Branch
Field Artillery
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Last Primary MOS
1193-Field Artillery Unit Commander
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Last MOS Group
Field Artillery (Officer)
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Primary Unit
1935-1936, 1st Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division
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Service Years
1898 - 1936
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Personal Details
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Home State
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Year of Birth
1872 |
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Kilbourne, Jr., Charles (MOH, DSC), MG.
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Contact Info
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Home Town
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Last Address
Ft. Myer
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Date of Passing
Nov 12, 1963 |
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Location of Interment
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Last Known Activity
First Lieutenant, U.S. Volunteer Signal Corps. Place and Date: At Paco Bridge, Philippine Islands, 5 February 1899. Entered Service At: Portland. Oreg. Birth: Fort Myer, Va. Date of Issue: 6 May 1905.
KILBOURNE, CHARLES E.
Rank and Organization:
Citation:
Within a range of 250 yards of the enemy and in the face of a rapid fire climbed a telegraph pole at the east end of the bridge and in full view of the enemy coolly and carefully repaired a broken telegraph wire, thereby reestablishing telegraphic communication to the front.
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Other Comments:
A Signal Corps officer’s son (Charles Kilbourne Sr., as a captain in 1892, invented the outpost cable cart, which had an automatic spooling device that enabled a soldier to lay two miles of insulated double-conductor telephone cable), Charles Evans Kilbourne Jr. is the only Signal officer to win the Medal of Honor while performing a combat communications mission. The Signal Officer Basic Course at Fort Gordon, Ga., named its leadership award for him, and the Signal Regiment inducted him as a Distinguished Member of the Regiment in 1997.
After LT Kilbourne returned to the United States, he was accepted as an infantry officer in 14th Infantry Regiment. In late 1899, he participated in the Boxer Rebellion in China, where he led his platoon in the assault that captured the Imperial City Gates. After helping suppress the rebellion, his regiment returned to duty in the Philippines, where he performed duties with the provost marshal’s office. It was during this tour that LT Kilbourne made an important career decision; in 1902 he requested and was granted a branch transfer to the Artillery Corps.
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1900-1902, HHC, 14th Infantry
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1903-1904, US Army Field Artillery Center and School (Staff)
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1918-1918, 89th Infantry Division
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1918-1919, 1st Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division
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1920-1924, 1102, Army War College (Staff)
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1924-1925, 1102, 9th Coast Artillery District
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1935-1936, 1st Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division
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