Navy Federal Credit Union

Awards Received

  • Medal of Honor

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Sergeant

    Division:

    107th Pennsylvania Infantry

    Action Date:

    February 6, 1865

    Date of Issue: August 29, 1894

    The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Sergeant John Carroll Delaney, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism on 6 February 1865, while serving with Company I, 107th Pennsylvania Infantry, in action at Dabney’s Mills, Virginia. Sergeant Delaney sprang between the lines and brought out a wounded comrade about to be burned in the brush.