Decorated for: "On the order to attack an enemy battery which had suddenly opened fire on one flank of his marching regiment, he with admirable dash and courage, he launched an impetuous attck at the command of the company he commanded against the fire.
The object of enemy shooting, and seriously wounded in both legs, with perseverance and indomitable daring, taking no notice of the unbearable pain of his wounds, he summoned up great strength to incite, by his glowing example, his company to persevere in the attack, leading right into the midstof the smoking weapons and, at the moment of victory, he was shot to death, leaving this life in glory in the battlefield".