What is Charles Brown (Medal of Honor)?
{{Infobox military person |name=Charles Brown |birth_date= 1849 |death_date= ? |birth_place= [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]] |death_place= |placeofburial= |placeofburial_label= Place of burial |image= 1871sujagi.jpg |caption=aboard USS ''Colorado'' in 1871 with a [[sujagi]]: <small>(right to left)</small> Cpl Charles Brown, Pvt [[Hugh Purvis]], possibly [[Cyrus Hayden]]. Photograph by [[Felice Beato]] |allegiance={{flag|United States of America}} |branch=[[File:Seal of the United States Marine Corps.svg|25px]] [[United States Marine Corps]] |rank=[[Corporal#United States|Corporal]] |serviceyears= 1870 - 1871 |unit={{USS|Colorado|1856|6}} |awards=[[Medal of Honor]] }} Corporal '''Charles Brown''' (born 1849) received the United States's highest honor for bravery. It is called the [[Medal of Honor]]. Corporal Brown was a [[United States Marine]]. He was born in [[New York City]]. He enlisted in [[Hong Kong]] in 1870. The tracking number for his Medal of Honor is number 169. It is dated 8 February 1872. He received the medal for his actions while stationed aboard the USS Colorado. ==Medal of Honor citation== '''Citation:''' :On board the {{USS|Colorado|1856|6}} in action against a Korean fort on 11 June 1871. Assisted in capturing the Korean standard in the center of the citadel of the fort.<ref name=ACMH>{{Cite web |access-date=January 1, 2013 |url=http://www.history.army.mil/html/moh/korean1871.html |title=Brown, Charles |work=Medal of Honor recipients &mdash; Korean Campaign 1871 |publisher=[[United States Army Center of Military History]] |archive-date=December 14, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071214025143/http://www.history.army.mil/html/moh/korean1871.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> ==Related pages== * [[List of Medal of Honor recipients]] ==Notes== {{Reflist}} ==References== {{ACMH}} *{{Cite web |access-date=January 1, 2013 |url=http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/moh/moh3.htm |title=Korea 1871 &mdash; Medal of Honor recipients |publisher=[[Naval History & Heritage Com