PROFILE of
JOHN G. K. AYERS
Photo of John Ayers
8th MO Infantry (US)
Company H
 
Ayers' Photo from HomeOfHeroes.com

John Ayers received the Congressional Medal of Honor.   He was born October 1837, near Manchester, Michigan.   He died in July 1913, and is possibly buried in Three Rivers, Michigan.

This information comes from J. R. Powell of Metaire, Louisiana

Medal of Honor
WAR DEPARTMENT INFORMATION
BIRTH Washlinaw, Michigan
ENTERED SERVICE AT Pekin, Tazwell County, Illinois
RANK/ORGANIZATION Private, Company H, 8th Missouri Infantry
MOH CITATION Gallantry in the charge of the "volunteer storming party."
PLACE/DATE At Vicksburg, Mississippi; 22 May 1863
DATE OF ISSUE 31 August 1895
extracted from www.army.mil

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