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Richard Boury — Victoria Cross

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Service Profile

Branch: U.S. Army
Rank: Sergeant
Medals Recorded: 2

Richard Boury

Sergeant, U.S. Army

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Awards & Decorations

Medal of Honor 1862-1895 Army
Civil War Campaign Medal post-1913 Army

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Biography

Capturing a flag at Charlottesville

Richard Boury earned the Medal of Honor for capturing a flag at Charlottesville, Virginia, on March 5, 1865. A sergeant in Company C, 1st West Virginia Cavalry, he served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Born in Monroe County, Ohio, Boury was also known by the surname Bowry. He entered service at Wirt Courthouse, West Virginia, in August 1861. His Medal of Honor followed in March 1865.

Boury died on July 5, 1914, in Parkersburg, West Virginia, and is buried at Parkersburg Memorial Cemetery. His concise official citation preserves the flag capture that brought him the nation’s highest military award.

Medal of Honor citation

Capture of flag.

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