John P. Yount, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
Date of Birth: 08-Mar-1850
Place of Birth: Henry County, Iowa, United States
Date of Death: 11-Dec-1872
Profession: military personnel
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Pisces 
About John P. Yount
- John P.
- Yount (March 8, 1850 – December 11, 1872) was a soldier in the U.S.
- Army who served with the 3rd U.S.
- Cavalry during the Apache Wars against Cochise.
- In 1871, he was one of five men to receive the Medal of Honor for "gallantry in action" against an Apache raiding party in the Whetstone Mountains.
- Yount attempted to rescue a wounded civilian Indian scout during the battle, and after the scout was killed, continued to defend the body preventing the enemy from mutilating it afterwards.
- According to author and Iowa State Senator Dennis H.
- Black, Yount is one of 11 men from Henry County, Iowa to receive the Medal of Honor.
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