First Sergeant William O. Philipsen (Indian Wars) is a Notable burial at https://www.cem.va.gov/cems/nchp/loudonpark.asp. He received the Medal of Honor while serving in the U.S. Army, Troop D, 5th U.S. Cavalry, for actions at Milk River, Colorado, September 29, 1879.  served as a blacksmith in Company D of the U.S. Army’s 5th Cavalry Regiment during the Battle of Milk Creek in 1879. He was among 10 cavalrymen who volunteered to form a skirmish line on September 29, 1879, while Company D retreated from an attack by the White River Utes. Philipsen and the other volunteers were awarded the Medal of Honor for bravery in defending their unit during this retreat.

His gravestone at Loudon Park National Cemetery, in Baltimore, indicates Philipsen achieved the rank of First Sergeant during his career in the Army. He was born in 1852 in Schleswig, Germany and died on September 15, 1913. https://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/3118.
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