Edward Herrick Gibson was born on July 4, 1872 in Boston, Massachusetts. 

Gibson enlisted in the Army in July 1899.  

He received the medal for getting soldiers under his command across a river while under heavy enemy fire during the Philippine–American War. 

The citation reads: 
The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Sergeant Edward Herrick Gibson, United States Army, for most distinguished gallantry on 19 December 1899, while serving with Company M, 27th Infantry, U.S. Volunteers, in action at San Mateo, Philippine Islands. Sergeant Gibson attempted under a heavy fire of the enemy to swim a river for the purpose of obtaining and returning with a canoe.

The Medal was received for actions on December 19, 1899, at the Battle of Paye near Mateo during the Philippine–American War.

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28423621/edward-gibson-awarded-medal-of-honor/

Gibson and was discharged in April 1901.

He died on April 25, 1942.

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