Navy Federal Credit Union

Awards Received

  • Medal of Honor

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Private

    Division:

    19th U.S. Infantry

    Action Date:

    December 31, 1862

    Date of Issue: February 3, 1894

    The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Private Joseph Rollin Prentice, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism on 31 December 1862, while serving with Company E, 19th U.S. Infantry, in action at Stone River, Tennessee. Private Prentice voluntarily rescued the body of his commanding officer, who had fallen mortally wounded. He brought off the field his mortally wounded leader under direct and constant rifle fire.