The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Corporal Leander Herron, United States Army, for on 2 September 1868, while serving with Company A, 3d U.S. Infantry, in action at Fort Dodge, Kansas. While detailed as mail courier from the fort, Corporal Herron voluntarily went to the assistance of a party of four enlisted men, who were attacked by about 50 Indians at some distance from the fort and remained with them until the party was relieved.