Personal History:
Birth: 1846
State - Missouri
City - Unknown
County - Saline
Death: 12 July 1936 at Havre, Montana
Age@Death - 90
Burial - Unknown
Residence: Unknown
Appearance:
Complexion - Black
Eyes - Black
Hair- Black
Height - 5' 5"
Occupation: Soldier, Laborer
Father: Unknown
Mother: Unknown
Wife: Nellie
Children: Unknown
Service Record:
Enlisted: 29 June 1867, Memphis, Tennessee
Discharged: 28 June 1872, Ft. Sill, Indian Territory
Service: 10th Reg't U.S. Cavalry, H Troop
Enlisted: 29 June 1872, Ft. Sill, Indian Territory
Discharged: 28 June 1877, Ft, Davis, Texas
Service: 10th Reg't. U.S. Cavalry, H Troop
Enlisted: 29 June 1877, Ft. Davis, Texas
Discharged: 28 June 1882, Ft. Davis, Texas
Service: 10th Reg't. U.S. Cavalry, H Troop
Enlisted: 4 July 1882, Ft. Davis, Texas
Discharged: 3 July 1887, Ft. Apache, Arizona Territory
Service: 10th Reg't. U.S. Cavalry, H Troop
Enlisted: 4 July 1887, Ft. Apache, Arizona Territory
Discharged: 3 July 1892, Ft. Buford, North Dakota
Service: 10th Reg't. U.S. Cavalry, H Troop
Enlisted: 8 July 1892, Ft. Buford, North Dakota
Discharged: Unknown
Service: 10th Reg't. U.S. Cavalry, H Troop
Medical Record:
Identifying Marks:
Scar on left eye
Last joint of right little finger out of place, stiff and bent at obtuse angle
Oblique linear scar 1 1/4" long, just to left of bridge of nose
Circular depressed scar 3/8" in diameter 1" below left angle of hip
Small black mole 1 1/4" below center of spine on scapula, left side
Tattoo-Letter " H" on left arm
18 July 1867 - Diarrhoea, Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas
9 Dec. 1868 - Frost Bite, Ft. Wallace, Kansas
30 March 1870 - Catarrh, Camp Supply, Indian Territory
10 March 1873 - Contusion, Ft. Gibson, Indian Territory
17 May 1873 - Boil, Ft. Gibson, Indian Territory
21 Jan. 1875 - Quotidian Intermittent Fever, Ft. Sill, Indian Territory
26 May 1875 - Acute Diarrhoea, Ft. Davis, Texas
3 May 1876 - Acute Diarrhoea, Ft. Davis, Texas
21 June 1876 - Acute Diarrhoea, Ft. Davis, Texas
23 Nov. 1876 - Headache, Ft. Davis, Texas
14 Feb. 1877 - Catarrh, Ft. Davis, Texas
18 April 1877 - Mumps, Ft. Davis, Texas
25 June 1877 - Acute Diarrhoea, Ft. Davis, Texas
23 Sept. 1877 - Colic, Ft. Davis, Texas
29 Sept. 1877 - Gonorrhoea, Ft. Davis, Texas
25 Nov. 1877 - Orchitis, Ft. Davis, Texas
23 May 1878 - Headache, Ft. Davis, Texas
28 July 1878 - Constipation, Ft. Davis, Texas
5 Aug. 1878 - Constipation, Ft. Davis, Texas
22 Sept. 1878 - Tonsillitis, Ft. Davis, Texas
16 Dec. 1878 - Catarrh, Ft. Davis, Texas
11 Jan. 1879 - Catarrh, Ft. Davis, Texas
30 March, 1879 - Measles, Ft. Davis, Texas
23 May 1879 - Catarrh, Ft. Davis, Texas
4 April 1880 - Acute Bronchitis, Ft. Davis, Texas
18 May 1880 - Primary Syphilis, Ft. Davis, Texas
18 June 1880 - Chronic Rheumatism, Ft. Davis, Texas
4 March 1881 - Chronic Rheumatism, Ft. Davis, Texas
25 June 1881 - Acute Dysentery, camp near Presidio, Texas
28 Sept. 1881 - Neuralgia, Pena Colorado, Texas
7 Nov. 1882 - Catarrh, Ft. Davis, Texas
10 Nov. 1882 - Headache, Ft. Davis, Texas
26 March 1883 - Bronchitis, Ft. Davis, Texas
15 May 1883 - Headache, Ft. Davis, Texas
12 June 1883 - Diarrhoea, Ft. Davis, Texas
21 June 1883 - Colic, Ft. Davis, Texas
25 June 1883 - Diarrhoea, Ft. Davis, Texas
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Warriors of Color
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Harold Ray Sayre
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