SERGEANT DAVID AYERS

U.S. ARMY

DIVISION: 57th Ohio Infantry

COMPANY: A

BORN: Kalida, Ohio

NOTEWORTHY FACTS: Awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for his service during the U.S. Civil War at Vicksburg Mississippi on 22 May 1863.

MOH CITATION: Gallantry in the charge of the “volunteer storming party.”

MOH ISSUE DATE: 13 April 1894