serviceyears branch relations death_place death_date birth_place allegiance placeofburial_label battles birth_date placeofburial rank article_title name
1887 & ndash ; 1898 20px department of war & ndash ; army edward ii , brother ord , father edward otho cresap ord , san juan hill , near santiago , cuba 01 july 1898 michigan united states of america place of burial indian wars spanish -- american war 09 september 1866 arlington national cemetery first lieutenant jules garesche ord
 jules garesche `` gary '' ord
jules garesche ord

jules garesche `` gary '' ord -lrb- september 9 , 1866 -- july 1 , 1898 -rrb- was a united states army first lieutenant who was killed in action after leading the charge of buffalo soldiers of the 10th u.s. cavalry up san juan hill .
history now records that ord was responsible for the `` spontaneous '' charge that took the san juan heights during the spanish-american war in cuba on july 1 , 1898 .
