Jacob Trautman, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jacob Trautman

United States Army Medal of Honor recipient

Date of Birth: 01-Jan-1840

Place of Birth: Hamburg, Germany

Date of Death: 07-Nov-1898

Profession: military personnel

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

First Sergeant Jacob Trautman (1840 – November 7, 1898) was a German-born soldier in the U.S.
Army.
His service included an enlistment with a Pennsylvania cavalry regiment during the Civil War and with the 7th Cavalry Regiment during the Indian Wars.
He was one of twenty men who received the Medal of Honor for his actions at the Battle of Wounded Knee, now called the Wounded Knee Massacre, and afterward.