Navy Federal Credit Union

Awards Received

  • Medal of Honor

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    First Lieutenant (Infantry)

    Division:

    37th Illinois Infantry

    Action Date:

    September 30, 1862

    Date of Issue: February 15, 1894

    The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to First Lieutenant (Infantry) Wells H. Blodgett, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism on 30 September 1862, while serving with Company D, 37th Illinois Infantry, in action at Newtonia, Missouri. With a single orderly, First Lieutenant Blodgett captured an armed picket of eight men and marched them in prisoners.