The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pride in presenting the Medal of Honor (Posthumously) to Private Cornelius J. Leahy, United States Army, for distinguished gallantry in action in driving off a superior force and with the assistance of one comrade brought from the field of action the bodies of two comrades, one killed and the other severely wounded, this while on a scout on 3 September 1899, while serving with Company A, 36th Infantry, U.S. Volunteers, in action at Porac, Luzon, Philippine Islands.