Charles G. Bickham, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
Date of Birth: 12-Aug-1867
Place of Birth: Dayton, Ohio, United States
Date of Death: 14-Dec-1944
Profession: military personnel
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Leo 
About Charles G. Bickham
- Charles Goodwin Bickham (August 12, 1867, in Dayton, Ohio – December 14, 1944, in Dayton) was a United States Army first lieutenant who received the Medal of Honor for "distinguished gallantry" on May 2, 1902, in the Battle of Bayang, during the Moro Rebellion.
- Lieutenant Bickham carried a wounded soldier across a "fire-swept field". His medal was awarded by Theodore Roosevelt on April 28, 1904. He served as a colonel on the staff of Ohio Governor William McKinley.
- During the Spanish–American War, he served as a corporal in Company G, Third Regiment, Ohio National Guard, and later a captain in the Ninth Regiment (Immunes), U.S.
- Volunteer Infantry.
- He served as a captain during the Philippine–American War in the Twenty-eighth Regiment, U.S.
- Volunteer Infantry, under Col.
- William E.
- Birkhimer.
- After receiving his commission in the regular army as a lieutenant, he served again in the Philippines with the Twenty-seventh U.S.
- Infantry under then-Captain John J.
- Pershing.After twice failing the professional examination required for promotion to captain, in 1909 and 1910, he was honorably discharged from the army in June 1910.
- He never married. He died December 14, 1944, and is buried in Woodland Cemetery and Arboretum Dayton, Ohio.
- His grave can be found in section 101, lot 1420.
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