serviceyears branch death_date death_place birth_place allegiance unit awards placeofburial_label battles birth_date placeofburial rank image article_title name
1862 - 1865 usa union army 1932 1843 kansas dearborn county , indiana usa 1861 united states of america union indiana company h , 83rd indiana infantry medal of honor ribbon.svg medal of honor place of burial american civil war siege of vicksburg 2 january 1843 fair lawn cemetery , hutchinson , kansas 25px corporal us-moh-1862 . png thomas a. blasdel
 thomas a. blasdel
thomas a. blasdel

thomas a. blasdel -lrb- his surname is sometimes listed as blasedale -rrb- -lrb- january 2 , 1843 -- 1932 -rrb- was a union army soldier during the american civil war .
he received the medal of honor for gallantry during the siege of vicksburg on may 22 , 1863 .
blasdel joined the army from indiana in august 1862 , and was discharged in june 1865 .
