branch death_date birth_place allegiance unit awards battles birth_date placeofburial rank article_title
usa 30 january 1920 syracuse , new york united states of america 1861 new york company b , 149th new york infantry medal of honor ribbon.svg medal of honor american civil war 2 september 1840 woodlawn york cemetery , syracuse , onondaga county , new private philip goettel

philip goettel

philip goettel -lrb- september 2 , 1840 -- january 30 , 1920 -rrb- was a union army soldier in the american civil war who received the u.s. military 's highest decoration , the medal of honor .
goettel was born in syracuse , new york , where he entered service .
he was awarded the medal of honor , for extraordinary heroism shown in lookout mountain , tennessee , when he captured a flag and battery guidon , while serving as a private with the company b of the 149th new york infantry on november 24 , 1863 .
his medal of honor was issued on june 28 , 1865 .
goettel died in his native syracuse on january 30 , 1920 and was buried at syracuse 's woodlawn cemetery .
