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Edgar R. Aston — Victoria Cross

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Heroic Score100955th out of 4539

Number of Medals1

Total Heroic & Non-Heroic Score1002618 of 4539

U.S. Army#396of 2023

Armor#44of 347

American Civil War#8of 1095

Indian Wars#9of 166

Edgar R. Aston

Private, U.S. Army

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Awards & Decorations

Medal of Honor

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Biography

Edgar R. Aston was a soldier in the U.S. Army who served with the 8th U.S. Cavalry during the Apache Wars against Cochise. He was one of two men, along with Pvt. William Cubberly, who received the Medal of Honor for finding a passageway for an army column trapped in a 4,000-foot valley, and later defending his party against an Apache attack, at San Carlos, Arizona on May 30, 1868.

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Score Breakdown

Medal of Honor(base 100)

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Heroic Score100 pts