David Orbansky

David Orbansky or 'Urbansky' was a Union Army soldier during the American Civil War. He earned the Medal of Honor for his gallantry in action against enemy Confederate States Army forces in the Battle of Shiloh, Tennessee, in 1862 and again at the Siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi, in 1863, as well as other actions.^[1] During the Vicksburg campaign, Urbansky rushed onto the battlefield to pick up his commander and under enemy fire, made it back to the Union line.^[2] He was buried at Piqua’s Cedar Hill Jewish cemetery and later reinterred at Walnut Hills United Jewish Cemetery in Evanston, Ohio, a neighborhood in the city of Cincinnati.^[2]

David Orbansky
Orbansky in 1865
Born	1843 (1843) Lautenburg, Prussia
Died	January 22, 1897 (aged 53–54) Ohio
Place of burial	United Jewish Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio
Allegiance	United States Union
Branch	United States Army Union Army
Years of service	1861–1865
Rank	Corporal
Unit	Company B, 58th Ohio Infantry
Battles / wars	American Civil War
Awards	Medal of Honor

Medal of Honor citation

• Rank and organization: Private, Company B, 58th Ohio Infantry
• Place and date: At Shiloh, Tenn.; Vicksburg, Miss., etc., 1862 and 1863.
• Entered service at: Columbus, Ohio.
• Birth: Lautenburg, Prussia.
• Date of issue: August 2, 1879.

Citation:

Gallantry in actions.

See also

• List of Medal of Honor recipients
• List of Jewish Medal of Honor recipients
• List of American Civil War Medal of Honor recipients: M–P

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