Sunday, October 11, 2015

Clinton Greaves (Medal of Honor & Buffalo Soldier) - Green Lawn Cemetery

Clinton Greaves
Green Lawn Cemetery
Section 27, lot 88
Columbus, Ohio

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clinton_Greaves

Citation
While part of a small detachment to persuade a band of renegade Apache Indians to surrender, his group was surrounded. Cpl. Greaves in the center of the savage hand-to-hand fighting, managed to shoot and bash a gap through the swarming Apaches, permitting his companions to break free.