Below information found on the United States Military Academy website.  https://web.archive.org/web/20041125220758/http://usmalibrary2.usma.edu/1898/Thumbnails/class1898%20bios.html#Wellborn.


The Class of ‘98’s Medal Of Honor winner, Ira Clifton Wellborn, joined his classmates from Laurel, MS where he was born on 13 February 1874. Wellborn participated in the Battle of San Juan Hill on 1 July 1898 and was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor when he voluntarily went under fire to the aid of a wounded private in his company. He also served in the Philippines and on the China Relief Expedition. During 1904-06 Wellborn was a Tactical Officer at USMA. During World War I, COL Wellborn organized and administered the Tank Corps receiving a Distinguished Service Medal for this effort. He commanded both the 4th and 35th Infantry Regiments before retiring in 1932 as a Colonel. Ira Wellborn died at Gulfport, MS on 13 July 1956. He was 82  years old.

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Colonel Ira C. Welborn (Spanish-American War) is listed as a Notable burial at https://www.cem.va.gov/cems/nchp/biloxi.asp. 

He received the Medal of Honor while serving in the U.S. Army, 9th U.S. Infantry, for actions in Santiago, Cuba, July 2, 1898. Welborn died in 1956.

CMOH citation:  https://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/1396

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