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Navy Federal Credit Union
Albert
Leopold
Mills
May 7, 1854

–

September 18, 1916

Cemetery:

U.S. Military Academy Cemetery

Albert Mills graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Class of 1879. He served as Superintendant of the Academy from 1898 until 1906 and retired as a U.S. Army Major General.

Awards Received

  • Medal of Honor

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Captain & Assistant Adjutant General

    Division:

    U.S. Volunteers

    Action Date:

    July 1, 1898
    Date of Issue: July 9, 1902

    The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Captain & Assistant Adjutant General Albert Leopold Mills, United States Army, for distinguished gallantry in encouraging those near him by his bravery and coolness after being shot through the head and entirely without sight, on 1 July 1898, while serving with U.S. Volunteers, in action at Santiago, Cuba.