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Thomas Sletteland — Victoria Cross

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Service Profile

Branch: U.S. Army
Rank: Private
Service Era: Philippine-American War
Medals Recorded: 3

Thomas Sletteland

Private, U.S. Army

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Philippine-American War

Awards & Decorations

Medal of Honor 1896–1903 Army
Spanish Campaign Medal
Philippine Campaign Medal

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Biography

Defending wounded comrades near Paete

Thomas Sletteland earned the Medal of Honor near Paete, Luzon, on April 12, 1899. A private in Company C, 1st North Dakota Infantry, he defended his dead and wounded comrades alone against a much larger opposing force during the Philippine-American War.

Born in Bergen, Norway, in 1871, Sletteland was accredited to Grafton, North Dakota, for the award. His Medal of Honor was presented on March 11, 1902. The concise citation records his defense without describing the weapons or duration involved.

Sletteland died in 1915. His remains were moved from Evergreen Cemetery to North Dakota Veterans Cemetery.

Medal of Honor citation

Singlehanded and alone defended his dead and wounded comrades against a greatly superior force of the enemy.

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