Paul F. Straub

A surgeon's rescue under fire at Alos

Paul Frederick Straub was born on 3 July 1865 in Vohrenbach, Baden, Germany. He served as a major and surgeon with the 36th Infantry, United States Volunteers in the Philippines.

On 21 December 1899 at Alos, Zambales, Straub exposed himself to enemy fire while using his pistol to repel an attack. He then went forward under fire and carried a wounded officer to safety.

President Theodore Roosevelt presented Straub with the Medal of Honor on 3 October 1906. Straub died on 25 November 1937 in Los Angeles, California, and is buried in Forest Home Cemetery in Mount Pleasant, Iowa.

Medal of Honor citation

Voluntarily exposed himself to a hot fire from the enemy in repelling with pistol fire an insurgent attack and at great risk of his own life went under fire to the rescue of a wounded officer and carried him to a place of safety.