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World War I, often called The Great War, broke out in Europe in August 1914. For three years
the ground war became a stalemate between the Allied Powers and the Central Powers, while the
United States attempted to remain neutral. On January 31, 1917 German declared unrestricted
submarine warfare, and on March 18 three American merchantmen were sunk by U-Boats.
On April 6 the Congress could remain neutral no longer and passed a declaration of war. Over
the following year, nearly two million soldiers were marshaled and transported by ship to Europe
for combat duty. Though the first major ground combat action would not occur until the spring
of 1918, in that year of preparation the men of the U.S. Navy faced challenges at sea. Before the
first Medal of Honor was earned on the ground during the battle of Chateau-Thierry more than a
year after war was declared, by that time eleven sailors had earned Medals for their heroism on
the high seas.
Willis Winter Bradley, Jr.
Commander, US Navy
Born: June 28, 1884 at Ransomville, NY
Entered Service: North Dakota
Date/Place of Action: June 23, 1917 - At Sea Aboard Ship
Unit: U.S.S. Pittsburgh
Presentation: Unknown
Date of Death: August 27, 1954
Buried At: Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery - San Diego, CA
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Ora Graves
Seaman, US Navy
Born: July 26, 1896 at Las Animas, CO
Entered Service: Nebraska
Date/Place of Action: July 23, 1917 - At Sea Aboard Ship
Unit: U.S.S. Pittsburgh
Presentation: G.O. 366, WD, 1918
Date of Death: September 28, 1961
Buried At: Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery - San Diego, CA
Patrick McGunigal
Shipfitter First Class, US Navy
Born: May 30, 1876 at Hubbard, OH
Entered Service: Ohio
Date/Place of Action: September 17, 1917 - At Sea Aboard Ship
Unit: U.S.S. Huntington
Presentation: G.O. 341, WD - November 07, 1917
Date of Death: January 19, 1936
Buried At: Arlington National Cemetery - Arlington, VA
Osmond Kelly Ingram
Gunner's Mate First Class, US Navy
Born: August 04, 1887 at Alabama
Entered Service: Alabama
Date/Place of Action: October 15, 1917 - Mind Head, Ireland
Unit: U.S.S. Cassin
Presentation: Unknown
Date of Death: October 15, 1917 (Killed In Action)
Buried At: A.B.M.C. Wall of Missing - Brookwood, Surrey, England
Tedford Harris Cann
Seaman, US Navy
Born: September 03, 1897 at Bridgeport, CT
Entered Service: New York, NY
Date/Place of Action: November 05, 1917 - Bermuda & the Azores
Unit: U.S.S. May
Presentation: At Brest, France
by Admiral Newton A. McCully, G.O. 21, WD - October 05, 1925
Date of Death: January 26, 1963
Buried At: Arlington National Cemetery - Arlington, VA
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John MacKenzie
Chief Boatswain's Mate, US Navy
Born: July 07, 1886 at Bridgeport, CT
Entered Service: Massachusetts
Date/Place of Action: December 17, 1917 - At Sea Aboard Ship
Unit: U.S.S. Remlik
Presentation: G.O. 391, WD, 1918
Date of Death: December 26, 1933
Buried At: Foresdale Cemetery - Holyoke, MA
Jesse Whitfield Covington
Ship's Cook Third Class, US Navy
Born: September 16, 1889 at Haywood, TN
Entered Service: California
Date/Place of Action: April 17, 1918 - At Sea Aboard Ship
Unit: U.S.S. Stewart
Presentation: 1919
Date of Death: November 21, 1966
Buried At: Oak Grove Cemetery - Portsmouth, VA
Frank Monroe Upton
Quartermaster, US Navy
Born: April 29, 1896 at Loveland, CO
Entered Service: Colorado
Date/Place of Action: April 17, 1918 - At Sea Aboard Ship
Unit: U.S.S. Stewart
Presentation: G.O. 403, WD, 1918
Date of Death: June 25, 1962
Buried At: Arlington National Cemetery - Arlington, VA
Edouard Victor Michel Izac
Lieutenant, US Navy
Born: December 18, 1891 at Cresco, IA
Entered Service: Illinois
Date/Place of Action: May 21, 1918 - At Sea As a POW on a German Submarine
Unit: U.S.S. President Lincoln
Presentation: At Washington Navy Yard
by Under Secretary of the Navy Franklin D. Roosevelt on November 11, 1920
Date of Death: January 18, 1990
Buried At: Arlington National Cemetery - Arlington, VA
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Daniel Augustus Joseph Sullivan
Ensign, US Navy
Born: July 31, 1884 at Charleston, SC
Entered Service: South Carolina
Date/Place of Action: May 21, 1918 - At Sea Aboard Ship
Unit: U.S.S. Cristabel
Presentation: Unknown
Date of Death: January 27, 1941
Buried At: Arlington National Cemetery - Arlington, VA
James Jonas Madison
Lieutenant Commander, US Navy
Born: May 20, 1884 at Jersey City, NJ
Entered Service: Mississippi
Date/Place of Action: October 04, 1918 - At Sea Aboard Ship
Unit: U.S.S. Ticonderoga
Presentation: Unknown
Date of Death: December 25, 1922
Buried At: Fairview Cemetery - Fairview, NJ
Oscar Schmidt, Jr.
Chief Gunner's Mate, US Navy
Born: March 25, 1896 at Philadelphia, PA
Entered Service: Pennsylvania
Date/Place of Action: October 09, 1918 - At Sea Aboard Ship
Unit: U.S.S. Chestnut Hill
Presentation: G.O. 450, WD - 1919
Date of Death: March 24, 1973
Buried At: Arlington National Cemetery - Arlington, VA
John Otto Siegel
Boatswain's Mate Second Class, US Navy
Born: April 21, 1890 at Milwaukee, WI
Entered Service: New Jersey
Date/Place of Action: November 01, 1918 - At Sea Aboard Ship
Unit: U.S.S. Mohawk
Presentation: Unknown
Date of Death: Unknown
Buried At: Unknown
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Alexander Gordon Lyle
Lieutenant Commander, US Navy
Born: November 12, 1889 at Gloucester, MA
Entered Service: Massachusetts
Date/Place of Action: April 23, 1918 - French Front, France
Unit: Dental Corps serving with the 5th Marine Regiment
Presentation: December 11, 1919
Date of Death: July 15, 1955
Buried At: Arlington National Cemetery - Arlington, VA
The first real test of the American soldiers and marines began on May 28, 1918 when the untested
US forces repulsed the strong German spring offensive at Cantigny near the Belleau Wood. One
week later the combined U.S. 2nd Division (half Army and half Marine) halted the German
advance at the strategic village of Château-Thierry.
On June 6 the U.S. 2nd Division began its own offensive, driving deep into the enemy-held Belleau
Wood, where the Germans had been poised only fifty miles from Paris. By the end of June the
German spring offensive was completely broken and the Doughboys and Marines had built a
legend of valor on the Western Front.
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Charles F. Hoffman
aka: Ernest August Janson
Gunnery Sergeant, US Marine Corps
Born: August 17, 1878 at New York, NY
Entered Service: Brooklyn, NY
Date/Place of Action: June 06, 1918 - Chateau-Thierry, France
Unit: 49th Company, 5th Regiment, 2d Division
Presentation: G.O. 34, WD - March 07, 1919
DOUBLE RECIPIENT - Received BOTH Army and Navy MOH
Date of Death: May 14, 1940
Buried At: Evergreen Cemetery - Brooklyn, NY
Weedon Edward Osborne
Lieutenant (j.g.), US Navy
Born: November 13, 1892 at Chicago, IL
Entered Service: Illinois
Date/Place of Action: June 06, 1918 - Bouresche, France
Unit: Dental Corps, Attached to 6th Marine Regiment
Presentation: Unknown
Date of Death: June 06, 1918 (Killed In Action)
Buried At: Aisne-Marne - Belleau Aisne, France
Orlando Henderson Petty
Lieutenant, US Navy
Born: February 20, 1874 at Harrison, OH
Entered Service: Pennsylvania
Date/Place of Action: June 11, 1918 - Bois-de-Belleau, France
Unit: Medical Corps, Attached to the 5th Marine Regiment
Presentation: Unknown
Date of Death: June 02, 1932
Buried At: St. Timothy's Church Yard Cemetery - Roxborough, PA
Fred William Stockham
Gunnery Sergeant, US Marine Corps
Born: March 16, 1882 at Detroit, MI
Entered Service: New York, NY
Date/Place of Action: June 13 & 14, 1918 - Bois-de-Belleau, France
Unit: 96thCompany, 2d Battalion, 6th Regiment, 4th Brigade, 2d Division
Presentation: Posthumously to the Smithsonian Institute, Washington, DC
on December 21, 1939
Date of Death: June 22, 1918 (Killed In Action)
Buried At: Hollywood Cemetery - Union, NJ
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Thomas A. Pope
Corporal, US Army
Born: December 15, 1894 at Chicago, IL
Entered Service: Chicago, IL
Date/Place of Action: July 04, 1918 - Hamel, France
Unit: Company E, 131st Infantry, 33d Division
Presentation: At Chaumont, France
by General John J. Pershing on April 22, 1919
Date of Death: June 14, 1989
Buried At: Arlington National Cemetery - Arlington, VA
George Price Hays
First Lieutenant, US Army
Born: September 27, 1892 at Chee Foo, China
Entered Service: Okarche, OK
Date/Place of Action: July 14 & 15, 1918 - Greves Farm, France
Unit: 10th Field Artillery, 3d Division
Presentation: March 17, 1919
Date of Death: September 07, 1978
Buried At: Arlington National Cemetery - Arlington, VA
Louis Cukela
Sergeant, US Marine Corps
Born: May 01, 1888 at Spalato, Yugoslavia
Entered Service: Minneapolis, MN
Date/Place of Action: July 18, 1918 - Villers-Cotterets, France
Unit: 66th Rifle Company, 5th Regiment, 2d Division
Presentation: G.O. 34, WD - March 07, 1919
DOUBLE RECIPIENT - Received BOTH Army and Navy MOH
Date of Death: March 19, 1956
Buried At: Arlington National Cemetery - Arlington, VA
George Dilboy
Private First Class, US Army
Born: February 05, 1896 at Greece
Entered Service: Keene, NH
Date/Place of Action: July 18, 1918 - Belleau , France
Unit: Company H, 103d Infantry, 26th Division
Presentation: G.O. 13, WD - January 18, 1919
Date of Death: July 18, 1918 (Killed In Action)
Buried At: Arlington National Cemetery - Arlington, VA
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Daniel Richmond Edwards
Private First Class, US Army
Born: April 09, 1888 at Mooreville, TX
Entered Service: Bruceville, TX
Date/Place of Action: July 18, 1918 - Soissons, France
Unit: Company C, 3d Machine Gun Battalion, 1st Division
Presentation: G.O. 14, WD - April 04, 1923
Date of Death: October 21, 1967
Buried At: Cunningham Cemetery - Hot Springs, AR
Matej Kocak
Sergeant, US Marine Corps
Born: December 31, 1882 at Egbell, Hungary (Slovakia)
Entered Service: New York, NY
Date/Place of Action: July 18, 1918 - Soissons, France
Unit: 66th Company, 5th Regiment, 2d Division
Presentation: (Army) February 18, 1919 - (Navy) Nov 11, 192
DOUBLE RECIPIENT - Received BOTH Army and Navy MOH
Date of Death: October 04, 1918 (Killed In Action)
Buried At: Meuse Argonne Cemetery - Romagne Meuse, France
Samuel Iredell Parker
Second Lieutenant, US Army
Born: October 17, 1891 at Monroe, NC
Entered Service: Monroe, NC
Date/Place of Action: July 18 & 19, 1918 - Soissons, France
Unit: Company K, 28th Infantry, 1st Division
Presentation: At the White House
by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1937
Date of Death: December 01, 1975
Buried At: Oakwood Cemetery - Concord, NC
Joel Thompson Boone
Lieutenant, US Navy
Born: August 29, 1889 at St. Clair, PA
Entered Service: St. Clair, PA
Date/Place of Action: July 19, 1918 - Vierzy, France
Unit: 6th Regiment, US Marines
Presentation: Unknown
Date of Death: April 02, 1974
Buried At: Arlington National Cemetery - Arlington, VA
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John Henry Balch
Pharmacist's Mate First Class, US Navy
Born: January 02, 1896 at Edgerton, KS
Entered Service: Kansas City, MO
Date/Place of Action: July 19 at Vierzy & Somme & October 5, 1918 at Py, France
Unit: 6th Regiment, U.S. Marines
Presentation: At Great Lakes Naval Station
by Admiral William A. Moffett in September, 1919
Date of Death: October 15, 1980
Buried At: Riverside National Cemetery - Riverside, CA
Sidney E. Manning
Corporal, US Army
Born: July 17, 1892 at Butler County, AL
Entered Service: Flomaton, AL
Date/Place of Action: July 28, 1918 - Breuvannes, France
Unit: Company G, 167th Infantry, 42d Division
Presentation: G.O. 44, WD - April 02, 1919
Date of Death: December 15, 1960
Buried At: Little Escombia Cemetery - Flomaton, AL
Richard William O'Neill
Sergeant, US Army
Born: August 28, 1898 at New York, NY
Entered Service: New York, NY
Date/Place of Action: July 30, 1918 - Ourcq River, France
Unit: Company D, 165th Infantry, 42d Division
Presentation: G.O. 30, WD - July 15, 1921
Date of Death: April 09, 1982
Buried At: Gate of Heaven Cemetery - Hawthorne, NY
Jake Allex
aka: Jake Allex Mandushich
Corporal, US Army
Born: July 13, 1887 at Streska, Serbia
Entered Service: Chicago, IL
Date/Place of Action: August 09, 1918 - Chipilly Ridge, France
Unit: Company H, 131st Infantry, 33d Division
Presentation: G.O. 44, WD - April 02, 1919
Date of Death: August 28, 1959
Buried At: St. Sava Cemetery - Libertyville, IL
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James I. Mestrovitch
Sergeant, US Army
Born: May 22, 1894 at Crna Cora, Yugoslavia
Entered Service: Pittsburgh, PA
Date/Place of Action: August 10, 1918 - Fismette, France
Unit: Company C, 111th Infantry, 28th Division
Presentation: 1922
Date of Death: November 04, 1918 (Killed In Action)
Buried At: Sveti Jovan Church Cemetery - Crna Gora, Yugoslavia
*
On August 21 a Naval seaplane pilot earned the first Medal of Honor by an American airman in
Austria. One month later near Pensacola, Florida a second Naval aviator earned the Medal of
Honor for his heroism following a non-combat air accident.
These two first heroes of the air established a legacy that would soon be followed by four Army
and two Marine Corps aviators in the closing weeks of The Great War.
Charles Hazeltine Hammann
Ensign, US Navy
Born: March 16, 1892 at Baltimore, MD
Entered Service: Maryland
Date/Place of Action: August 21, 1918 - Pola, Austria
Unit: Pilot (Seaplane)
Presentation: Unknown
Date of Death: June 14, 1919
Buried At: Oak Lawn Cemetery - Baltimore, MD
Francis Edward Ormsbee, Jr.
Chief Machinist's Mate, US Navy
Born: April 30, 1892 at Providence, RI
Entered Service: Florida
Date/Place of Action: September 25, 1918 - Pensacola, FL (USA)
Unit: Naval Air Station, Pensacola, FL
Presentation: G.O. 436, WD - 1918
Date of Death: October 24, 1936
Buried At: St. Francis Cemetery - Newport, RI
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America
On the Offensive
Prior to the American victories at Cantigny and Chateau-Thierry the Germans were threatening
Paris. The failure of the German spring offensive and the heavy June-July battles that cleared the
enemy presence in the fortified Belleau Wood put the German Army in full retreat.
The withdrawing forces pulled back to two sanctuaries, heavily fortified throughout the war and
nearly impervious to outside attack. In north France the Germans withdrew to their heavily
reinforced Hindenburg Line. On the Western Front the retreating Germans found sanctuary in
the dense Argonne Forest and the long-held salient at St. Mihiel.
It was these very sanctuaries, laced with barbed wire, tunnels and concrete or wooden bunkers,
that had kept the ground war in stalemate for three years. They created a north-south front line
that either side moved forward in one attack, then lost ground in the face of fierce enemy
counterattack.
On September 12 American forces under the command of General John J. Pershing attacked the
St. Mihiel salient. The successful offensive was quickly followed by offensives in the Argonne
Forest and along the Hindenburg Line. In two months the German forces were crushed. Ninety
of the 119 Medals of Honor awarded in World War I were received for actions in this sixty-day
period from September 12 until November 11--Armistice Day.
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St. Mihiel Offensive
J. Hunter Wickersham
Second Lieutenant, US Army
Born: New York, NY
Entered Service: Denver, CO
Date/Place of Action: September 12, 1918 - Limey, France
Unit: 353d Infantry, 89th Division
Presentation: G.O. 16, WD - January 22, 1919
Date of Death: September 12, 1918 (Killed In Action)
Buried At: St. Mihiel Cemetery - Thiaucourt, France
Louis Warlaw Miles
Captain, US Army
Born: March 23, 1873 at Baltimore, MD
Entered Service: Princeton, NJ
Date/Place of Action: September 14, 1918 - Revillon, France
Unit: 308th Infantry, 77th Division
Presentation: G.O. 44, WD - April 02, 1919
Date of Death: June 27, 1944
Buried At: Greenmount Cemetery - Baltimore, MD
David Ephraim Hayden
Hospital Apprentice First Class, US Navy
Born: October 02, 1897 at Florence, TX
Entered Service: Texas
Date/Place of Action: September 15, 1918 - Thiaucourt, France
Unit: 2d Battalion, 6th Regiment
Presentation: Unknown
Date of Death: March 18, 1974
Buried At: Arlington National Cemetery - Arlington, VA
Emory Jenison Pike
Lieutenant Colonel, US Army
Born: December 17, 1876 at Columbus City, IA
Entered Service: Sigourney, IA
Date/Place of Action: September 15, 1918 - Vandieres, France
Unit: Division Machine-Gun Officer, 82d Division
Presentation: G.O. 16, WD - January 22, 1919
Date of Death: September 16, 1918 (Killed In Action)
Buried At: Wodland Cemetery - Des Moines, IA
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The St. Mihiel Offensive marked the first time in history that a ground attack was coordinated
with aerial forces above the ground. Before the war ended the Navy's two pilots who earned
Medals of Honor would be joined by four Army airmen and two Marine Corps pilots. Only two of
them survived.
Edward Vernon Rickenbacker
First Lieutenant, US Army Air Service
Born: October 08, 1890 at Columbus, OH
Entered Service: Columbus, OH
Date/Place of Action: September 25, 1918 - In the Air near Billy, France
Unit: 94th Aero Squadron, 1st Pursuit Group, Air Service
Presentation: At Bolling Field, Washington, DC
by President Herbert Hoover on November 6, 1930
Date of Death: July 23, 1973
Buried At: Greenlawn Cemetery - Columbus, OH
Frank Luke, Jr.
Second Lieutenant, US Army Air Service
Born: May 19, 1897 at Phoenix, AZ
Entered Service: Phoenix, AZ
Date/Place of Action: September 29, 1918 - In the Air near Murvaux, France
Unit: 27th Aero Squadron, 1st Pursuit Group, Air Service
Presentation: To His Father in Phoenix, Arizona
by Brigadier General Howard R. Hickok on May 29, 1919
Date of Death: September 29, 1918 (Killed In Action)
Buried At: Meuse-Argonne Cemetery - Romagne Meuse, France
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Erwin Russel Bleckley
Second Lieutenant, US Army Air Service
Born: December 30, 1894 at Wichita, KS
Entered Service: Wichita, KS
Date/Place of Action: October 06, 1918 - In the Air near Binarville, France
Unit: 50th Aero Squadron, 130th Field Artillery, Air Service
Presentation: G.O. 56, WD - December 30, 1922
Date of Death: October 06, 1918 (Killed In Action)
Buried At: Meuse-Argonne Cemetery - Romagne Meuse, France
Harold Ernest Goettler
First Lieutenant, US Army Air Service
Born: July 21, 1890 at Chicago, IL
Entered Service: Chicago, IL
Date/Place of Action: October 06, 1918 - In the Air near Binarville, France
Unit: 50th Aero Squadron, 130th Field Artillery, Air Service
Presentation: G.O. 56, WD - December 30, 1922
Date of Death: October 06, 1918 (Killed In Action)
Buried At: Graceland Cemetery - Chicago, IL
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Ralph Talbot
Second Lieutenant, US Marine Corps
Born: January 06, 1897 at South weymouth, MA
Entered Service: Connecticut
Date/Place of Action: October 8 & 14, 1918 - In the Air over France
Unit: Squadron C, 1st Marine Aviation Force
Presentation: Unknown
Date of Death: October 25, 1918 (Killed In Action)
Buried At: Mount Wollaston Cemetery - Quincy, MA
Robert Guy Robinson
Gunnery Sergeant, US Marine Corps
Born: April 30, 1896 at New York, NY
Entered Service: Chicago, IL
Date/Place of Action: October 14, 1918 - Pittham, Belgium
Unit: 1st Marine Aviation Force
Presentation: Unknown
Date of Death: October 05, 1974
Buried At: Arlington National Cemetery - Arlington, VA
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Meuse-Argonne Offensive
(PHASE ONE - Sept. 26 - Oct. 3, 1918)
George H. Mallon
Captain, US Army
Born: June 15, 1877 at Ogden, KS
Entered Service: Minneapolis, MN
Date/Place of Action: September 26, 1918 - Bois-de-Forges, France
Unit: Company E, 132d Infantry, 33d Division
Presentation: At Chaumont, France
by General John J. Pershing on February 9, 1919
Date of Death: August 02, 1934
Buried At: Fort Snelling National Cemetery - St. Paul, MN
Willie Sandlin
Sergeant, US Army
Born: January 01, 1890 at Jackson, KY
Entered Service: Hyden, KY
Date/Place of Action: September 26, 1918 - Bois-de-Forges, France
Unit: Company A, 132d Infantry, 33d Division
Presentation: At Chaumont, France
by General John J. Pershing on February 9, 1919
Date of Death: May 29, 1949
Buried At: Zachary Taylor National Cemetery - Louisville, KY
Deming Bronson
First Lieutenant, US Army
Born: July 08, 1894 at Rhinelander, WI
Entered Service: Seattle, WA
Date/Place of Action: September 26 & 27, 1918 - Eclisfontaine, France
Unit: Company H, 364th Infantry, 91st Division
Presentation: Presented by President Herbert Hoover in 1929
Date of Death: May 29, 1957
Buried At: Arlington National Cemetery - Arlington, VA
Phillip Carl Katz
Sergeant, US Army
Born: December 12, 1889 at San Francisco, CA
Entered Service: San Francisco, CA
Date/Place of Action: September 26, 1918 - Eclisfontaine, France
Unit: Company C, 363d Infantry, 91st Division
Presentation: G.O. 16, WD - January 22, 1919
Date of Death: October 29, 1987
Buried At: Cypress Lawn Cemetery - Colma, CA
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Lloyd Martin Seibert
Sergeant, US Army
Born: May 23, 1889 at Caledonia, MI
Entered Service: Salinas, CA
Date/Place of Action: September 26, 1819 - Epinonville, France
Unit: Company F, 364th Infantry, 91st Division
Presentation: G.O. 445, WD - 1919
Date of Death: October 15, 1972
Buried At: San Francisco National Cemetery - San Francisco, CA
Donald Marshall Call
Corporal, US Army
Born: November 29, 1892 at New York, NY
Entered Service: France
Date/Place of Action: September 26, 1918 - Varennes, France
Unit: 344th Battalion, Tank Corps
Presentation: At Chaumont, France
by General John J. Pershing on February 9, 1919
Date of Death: March 19, 1984
Buried At: Cremated, Ashes Scattered in Flower Garden, Bethesda, MD
Alexander Rives Skinker
Captain, US Army
Born: October 13, 1883 at St. Louis, MO
Entered Service: St. Louis, MO
Date/Place of Action: September 26, 1918 - Cheppy, France
Unit: Company I, 138th Infantry, 35th Division
Presentation: G.O. 13, WD - January 18, 1919
Date of Death: September 26, 1918 (Killed In Action)
Buried At: Bellafontaine Cemetery - St. Louis, MO
Chester Howard West
First Sergeant, US Army
Born: January 03, 1888 at Fort Collins, CO
Entered Service: Los Banos, CA
Date/Place of Action: September 26, 1918 - Bois-de-Cheppy, France
Unit: Company D, 363d Infantry, 91st Division
Presentation: G.O. 34, WD - March 07, 1919
Date of Death: May 20, 1935
Buried At: Pine Grove Cemetery - Pliny, WV
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Nels T. Wold
Private, US Army
Born: December 24, 1895 at Winger, MN
Entered Service: Minnewaukan, ND
Date/Place of Action: September 26, 1918 - Cheppy, France
Unit: Company I, 138th Infantry, 35th Division
Presentation: G.O. 16, WD - January 22, 1919
Date of Death: September 26, 1918 (Killed In Action)
Buried At: Elim Cemetery - Winger, MN
William Bradford Turner
First Lieutenant, US Army
Born: 1892 at Dorchester, MA
Entered Service: Garden City, NY
Date/Place of Action: September 27, 1918 - Ronssoy, France
Unit: Company M, 105th Infantry, 27th Division
Presentation: G.O. 81, WD - June 26, 1919
Date of Death: September 27, 1918 (Killed In Action)
Buried At: Somme Cemetery - Bony Aisne, France
Reidar Waaler
Sergeant, US Army
Born: February 12, 1894 at Oslo, Norway
Entered Service: New York, NY
Date/Place of Action: September 27, 1918 - Ronssoy, France
Unit: Company A, 105th Machine Gun Battalion, 27th Division
Presentation: At Chaumont, France
by General John J. Pershing on February 4, 1919
Date of Death: February 05, 1979
Buried At: Forest Hills Memorial Park - Palm City, FL
Albert E. Baesel
Second Lieutenant, US Army
Born: March 21, 1890 at Berea, OH
Entered Service: Berea, OH
Date/Place of Action: September 27, 1918 - Ivry, France
Unit: Company B, 148th Infantry, 37th Division
Presentation: G.O. 43, WD - October 23, 1922
Date of Death: September 27, 1918 (Killed In Action)
Buried At: Woodvale Union Cemetery - Cleveland, OH
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Freddie Stowers
Corporal, US Army
Born: 1896 at Sandy Springs, SC
Entered Service: Anderson County, SC
Date/Place of Action: Sep. 28, 1918 - Hill 188, Champagne Marne Sector, France
Unit: Company C, 371st Infantry Regiment, 93d Division
Presentation: Presented to his Sisters at the White House
by President George H. W. Bush on April 24, 1991
Date of Death: September 28, 1918 (Killed In Action)
Buried At: A.B.M.C. Meuse-Argonne - Meuse, France
Oscar F. Miller
Major, US Army
Born: Franklin County, AR
Entered Service: Los Angeles, CA
Date/Place of Action: September 28, 1918 - Gesnes, France
Unit: 361st Infantry, 91st Division
Presentation: G.O. 16, WD - January 22, 1919
Date of Death: September 30, 1918 (Killed In Action)
Buried At: Meuse-Argonne Cemetery - Romagne Meuse, France
Dwite H. Schaffner
First Lieutenant, US Army
Born: November 05, 1889 at Arroya, PA
Entered Service: Falls Creek, PA
Date/Place of Action: Sep. 28, 1918 - St. Hubert's Pavillion, Boureuilles, France
Unit: Company K, 306th Infantry, 77th Division
Presentation: G.O. 15, WD - April 05, 1923
Date of Death: November 22, 1955
Buried At: Rose Hill Cemetery - Akron, OH
Fred E. Smith
Lieutenant Colonel, US Army
Born: March 29, 1873 at Rockford, IL
Entered Service: Bartlett, ND
Date/Place of Action: September 29, 1918 - Binarville, France
Unit: 308th Infantry, 77th Division
Presentation: G.O. 49, WD - November 25, 1922
Date of Death: September 29, 1918 (Killed In Action)
Buried At: Meuse-Argonne Cemetery - Romagne Meuse, France
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Alan Louis Eggers
Sergeant, US Army
Born: November 02, 1895 at Saranac Lake, NY
Entered Service: Summit, NJ
Date/Place of Action: September 29, 1918 - Le Catelet, France
Unit: Machine Gun Company, 107th Infantry, 27th Division
Presentation: At Chaumont, France
by General John J. Pershing on February 4, 1919
Date of Death: October 03, 1968
Buried At: Arlington National Cemetery - Arlington, VA
George Seanor Robb
First Lieutenant, US Army
Born: May 18, 1887 at Assaria, KS
Entered Service: Salina, KS
Date/Place of Action: September 29 & 30, 1918 - Sechault, France
Unit: 369th Infantry, 93d Division
Presentation: G.O. 16, WD - January 22, 1919
Date of Death: May 14, 1972
Buried At: Gypsum Hill Cemetery - Salina, KS
Michael Valente
Private, US Army
Born: February 05, 1895 at Cassino, Italy
Entered Service: Ogdensburg, NY
Date/Place of Action: September 29, 1918 - Hindenburg Line, Ronssoy, France
Unit: Company D, 107th Infantry, 27th Division
Presentation: At the White House
By President Herbert Hoover - September 27, 1929
Date of Death: January 10, 1976
Buried At: Long Island National Cemetery - Farmingdale, NY
Thomas E. O'Shea
Corporal, US Army
Born: April 18, 1895 at New York, NY
Entered Service: Summit, NJ
Date/Place of Action: September 29, 1918 - Le Catelet, France
Unit: Machine Gun Company, 107th Infantry, 27th Division
Presentation: G.O. 20, WD - January 30, 1919
Date of Death: September 29, 1918 (Killed In Action)
Buried At: Somme Cemetery - Bony Aisne, France
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Milo Lemert
First Sergeant, US Army
Born: March 25, 1890 at Marshalltown, IA
Entered Service: Crossville, TN
Date/Place of Action: September 29, 1918 - Bellicourt, France
Unit: Company G, 119th Infantry, 30th Division
Presentation: G.O. 59, WD - May 03, 1919
Date of Death: September 29, 1918 (Killed In Action)
Buried At: Crossville City Cemetery - Crossville, TN
John Cridland Latham
Sergeant, US Army
Born: March 03, 1888 at Windemere, England
Entered Service: Rutherford, NJ
Date/Place of Action: September 29, 1918 - Le Catelet, France
Unit: Machine Gun Company, 107th Infantry, 27th Division
Presentation: At Chaumont, France
by General John J. Pershing on February 4, 1919
Date of Death: November 02, 1975
Buried At: Arlington National Cemetery - Arlington, VA
Frank J. Gaffney
Private First Class, US Army
Born: December 16, 1883 at Buffalo, NY
Entered Service: Niagara Falls, NY
Date/Place of Action: September 29, 1918 - Ronssoy, France
Unit: Company G, 108th Infantry, 27th Division
Presentation: G.O. 20, WD - January 30, 1919
Date of Death: May 25, 1948
Buried At: United German & French RC Cemetery - Buffalo, NY
Joseph B. Adkinson
Sergeant, US Army
Born: January 04, 1892 at Egypt, TN
Entered Service: Memphis, TN
Date/Place of Action: September 29, 1918 - Bellicourt, France
Unit: Company C, 119th Infantry, 30th Division
Presentation: G.O. 59, WD - May 03, 1919
Date of Death: May 23, 1965
Buried At: Salem Cemetery - Atoka, TN
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Sydney G. Gumpertz
First Sergeant, US Army
Born: October 24, 1879 at San Raphael, CA
Entered Service: Chicago, IL
Date/Place of Action: September 29, 1918 - Bois-de-Forges, France
Unit: Company E, 132d Infantry, 33d Division
Presentation: At Chaumont, France
by General John J. Pershing on February 9, 1919
Date of Death: February 16, 1971
Buried At: Long Island National Cemetery - Farmingdale, NY
Joseph Henry Thompson
Major, US Army
Born: September 26, 1871 at Kilkeel, Ireland
Entered Service: Beaver Falls, PA
Date/Place of Action: October 01, 1918 - Apremont, France
Unit: 110th Infantry, 28th Division
Presentation: G.O. 21, WD - October 05, 1925
Date of Death: February 01, 1928
Buried At: Beaver Falls & Memorial Park - Beaver Falls, PA
Charles White Whittlesey
Major, US Army
Born: January 20, 1884 at Florence, WI
Entered Service: Pittsfield, MA
Date/Place of Action: October 02 - 07, 1918 - Argonne Forest, Charlevaux, France
Unit: 308th Infantry, 1st Bn, 77th Division
Presentation: At Boston Commons, Boston, MA on December 25, 1918
Date of Death: November 27, 1921
Buried At: Drowned at Sea - Body Not Recovered
George G. McMurtry
Captain, US Army
Born: November 06, 1876 at Pittsburgh, PA
Entered Service: New York, NY
Date/Place of Action: October 02 - 08, 1918 - Argonne Forest, Charlevaux, France
Unit: 308th Infantry, 77th Division
Presentation: At Chaumont, France
by General John J. Pershing on February 9, 1919
Date of Death: November 22, 1958
Buried At: Ledge Lawn Cemetery - Bar Harbor, ME
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Nelson Miles Holderman
Captain, US Army
Born: November 10, 1885 at Trumbull, NE
Entered Service: Santa Ana, CA
Date/Place of Action: October 02 - 08, 1918 - Argonne Forest, Charlevaux, France
Unit: 307th Infantry, 77th Division
Presentation: G.O. 11, WD - March 12, 1921
Date of Death: September 03, 1953
Buried At: Golden Gate National Cemetery - San Bruno, CA
Frank J. Bart
Private, US Army
Born: April 15, 1883 at New York, NY
Entered Service: Newark, NJ
Date/Place of Action: October 03, 1918 - Medeah Ferme, France
Unit: Company C, 9th Infantry, 2d Division
Presentation: At Chaumont, France
by General John J. Pershing on February 9, 1919
Date of Death: March 31, 1961
Buried At: Flower Hill Cemetery - North Bergen, NJ
John Joseph Kelly
Private, US Marine Corps
Born: June 24, 1898 at Chicago, IL
Entered Service: Chicago, IL
Date/Place of Action: October 03, 1918 - Blanc Mont Ridge, France
Unit: 78th Company, 6th Regiment, 2d Division
Presentation: At Coblenz, France By General John J. Pershing on March 17, 1919
DOUBLE RECIPIENT - Received BOTH Army and Navy MOH
Date of Death: November 20, 1957
Buried At: All Saints Cemetery - Des Plaines, IL
John Henry Pruitt
Corporal, US Marine Corps
Born: October 04, 1896 at Fayetteville, AR
Entered Service: Phoenix, AZ
Date/Place of Action: October 03, 1918 - Blanc Mont Ridge, France
Unit: 78th Company, 6th Regiment, 2d Division
Presentation: G.O. 62, WD - May 10, 1919
DOUBLE RECIPIENT - Received BOTH Army and Navy MOH
Date of Death: October 04, 1918 (Killed In Action)
Buried At: Arlington National Cemetery - Arlington, VA
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Meuse-Argonne Offensive
(PHASE TWO – October 4 – 16, 1918)
Benjamin Kaufman
First Sergeant, US Army
Born: March 10, 1894 at Buffalo, NY
Entered Service: Brooklyn, NY
Date/Place of Action: October 04, 1918 - Argonne Forest, France
Unit: Company K, 308th Infantry, 77th Division
Presentation: G.O. 50, WD - April 12, 1919
Date of Death: February 05, 1981
Buried At: Fountain Lawn Memorial Park - Trenton, NJ
Sterling Lewis Morelock
Private, US Army
Born: June 05, 1890 at Silver Run, MD
Entered Service: Oquawka, IL
Date/Place of Action: October 04, 1918 - Exermont, France
Unit: Company M, 28th Infantry, 1st Division
Presentation: G.O. 43, WD - October 23, 1919
Date of Death: September 01, 1964
Buried At: Arlington National Cemetery - Arlington, VA
Harold W. Roberts
Corporal, US Army
Born: San Francisco, CA
Entered Service: San Francisco, CA
Date/Place of Action: October 04, 1918 - Montrebeau Woods, France
Unit: Company A, 345th Battalion, Tank Corps
Presentation: G.O. 16, WD - January 22, 1919
Date of Death: October 04, 1918 (Killed In Action)
Buried At: Meuse-Argonne Cemetery - Romagne Meuse, France
Michael B. Ellis
Sergeant, US Army
Born: October 28, 1894 at St. Louis, MO
Entered Service: East St. Louis, IL
Date/Place of Action: October 05, 1918 - Exermont, France
Unit: Company C, 28th Infantry, 1st Division
Presentation: G.O. 74, WD - June 07, 1919
Date of Death: December 09, 1937
Buried At: Arlington National Cemetery - Arlington, VA
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Archie A. Peck
Private, US Army
Born: November 22, 1894 at Tyrone, NY
Entered Service: Hornell, NY
Date/Place of Action: October 06, 1918 - Argonne Forest, France
Unit: Company A, 307th Infantry, 77th Division
Presentation: At Chaumont, France
by General John J. Pershing on February 9, 1919
Date of Death: September 15, 1978
Buried At: Evergreen Cemetery - Sinclairville, NY
John Lewis Barkley
Private First Class, US Army
Born: August 28, 1895 at Blairstown, MO
Entered Service: Blairstown, MO
Date/Place of Action: October 07, 1918 - Cunel, France
Unit: Company K, 4th Infantry, 3d Division
Presentation: G.O. 44, WD - April 02, 1919
Date of Death: April 14, 1966
Buried At: Forest Hills Cemetery - Kansas City, MO
Ralyn M. Hill
Corporal, US Army
Born: May 06, 1899 at Lindenwood, IL
Entered Service: Oregon, IL
Date/Place of Action: October 07, 1918 - Donnevoux, France
Unit: Company H, 129th Infantry, 33d Division
Presentation: G.O. 34, WD - March 07, 1919
Date of Death: March 25, 1977
Buried At: Abilene Cemetery - Abilene, KS
Edward R. Talley
Sergeant, US Army
Born: September 06, 1890 at Russellville, TN
Entered Service: Russellville, TN
Date/Place of Action: October 07, 1918 - Ponchaux, France
Unit: Company L, 117th Infantry, 30th Division
Presentation: G.O. 50, WD - April 12, 1919
Date of Death: December 14, 1950
Buried At: Bent Creek Cemetery - Whitesburg, TN
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Patrick J. Regan
Second Lieutenant, US Army
Born: March 25, 1882 at Middleboro, MA
Entered Service: Los Angeles, CA
Date/Place of Action: October 08, 1918 - Bois-de-Consenvoye, France
Unit: 115th Infantry, 29th Division
Presentation: G.O. 50, WD - April 12, 1919
Date of Death: October 30, 1943
Buried At: Mount Olivet Cemetery - Bloomfield, NJ
Alvin Cullium York
Corporal, US Army
Born: December 13, 1887 at Fentress County, TN
Entered Service: Pall Mall, TN
Date/Place of Action: October 08, 1918 - Chatel-Chehery, France
Unit: Company G, 2d Battalion, 328th Infantry, 82d Division
Presentation: In France by
By Major General Duncan, Commanding General, 82d Division in 1919
Date of Death: September 02, 1964
Buried At: Wolf River Cemetery - Jamestown, TN
Calvin John Ward
Private, US Army
Born: October 30, 1899 at Green County, TN
Entered Service: Morristown, TN
Date/Place of Action: October 08, 1918 - Estrees, France
Unit: Company D, 117th Infantry, 30th Division
Presentation: G.O. 16, WD - January 22, 1919
Date of Death: December 15, 1967
Buried At: Glenwood Cemetery - Bristol, TN
Johannes Seigfried Anderson
First Sergeant, US Army
Born: July 20, 1887 at Bjoroky, Finland
Entered Service: Chicago, IL
Date/Place of Action: October 08, 1918 - Consenvoye, France
Unit: Company B, 132d Infantry, 33d Infantry Division
Presentation: At Chaumont, France
by General John J. Pershing on February 9, 1919
Date of Death: April 03, 1950
Buried At: Acacia Cemetery - Chicago, IL
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Clayton Kirk Slack
Private, US Army
Born: February 23, 1896 at Plover, WI
Entered Service: Madison, WI
Date/Place of Action: October 08, 1918 - Consenvoye, France
Unit: Company D, 124th M/G Bn, 33d Division
Presentation: At Chaumont, France
by General John J. Pershing on February 9, 1919
Date of Death: March 01, 1976
Buried At: Arlington National Cemetery - Arlington, VA
Samuel M. Sampler
Corporal, US Army
Born: January 27, 1895 at Decatur, TX
Entered Service: Altus, OK
Date/Place of Action: October 08, 1918 - St. Etienne, France
Unit: Company H, 142d Infantry, 36th Division
Presentation: G.O. 59, WD - May 03, 1919
Date of Death: November 19, 1979
Buried At: Memorial Garden - Fort Myers, FL
James Ernest Karnes
Sergeant, US Army
Born: July 20, 1889 at Arlington, TN
Entered Service: Knoxville, TN
Date/Place of Action: October 08, 1918 - Estrees, France
Unit: Company D, 117th Infantry, 30th Division
Presentation: G.O. 50, WD - April 12, 1919
Date of Death: July 08, 1966
Buried At: Greenwood Cemetery - Knoxville, TN
Thomas Lee Hall
Sergeant, US Army
Born: Fort Mill, SC
Entered Service: Fort Mill, SC
Date/Place of Action: October 08, 1918 - Montbrehain, France
Unit: Company G, 118th Infantry, 30th Division
Presentation: G.O. 50, WD - April 12, 1919
Date of Death: October 08, 1918 (Killed In Action)
Buried At: Unity Cemetery - Fort Mill, SC
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Earl D. Gregory
Sergeant, US Army
Born: October 18, 1897 at Chase City, VA
Entered Service: Chase City, VA
Date/Place of Action: October 08, 1918 - Bois-de-Consenvoye, France
Unit: Headquarters Company, 116th Infantry, 29th Division
Presentation: G.O. 34, WD - March 07, 1919
Date of Death: January 06, 1972
Buried At: Tuscaloosa Memorial Park - Tuscaloosa, AL
Gary Evans Foster
Sergeant, US Army
Born: November 06, 1894 at Spartanburg, SC
Entered Service: Inman, SC
Date/Place of Action: October 08, 1918 - Montbrehain, France
Unit: Company F, 118th Infantry, 30th Division
Presentation: G.O. 16, WD - January 22, 1919
Date of Death: July 22, 1951
Buried At: New Prospect Cemetery - Boiling Springs, SC
Henry G. Costin
Private, US Army
Born: June 15, 1898 at Baltimore, MD
Entered Service: Baltimore, MD
Date/Place of Action: October 08, 1918 - Bois-de-Consenvoye, France
Unit: Company H, 115th Infantry, 29th Division
Presentation: G.O. 34, WD - March 07, 1919
Date of Death: October 08, 1918 (Killed In Action)
Buried At: Loudon Park National Cemetery - Baltimore, MD
Harold Leo Turner
Corporal, US Army
Born: May 05, 1898 at Aurora, MO
Entered Service: Seminole, OK
Date/Place of Action: October 08, 1918 - St. Etienne, France
Unit: Company F, 142d Infantry, 36th Division
Presentation: At Cheney, France
by General William R. Smith on May 2, 1919
Date of Death: March 12, 1933
Buried At: Little Cemetery - Little, OK
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James C. Dozier
First Lieutenant, US Army
Born: February 17, 1885 at Galivants, SC
Entered Service: Rock Hill, SC
Date/Place of Action: October 08, 1918 - Montbrehain, France
Unit: Company G, 118th Infantry, 30th Division
Presentation: Southwest of Teille, France
by General John J. Pershing on January 21, 1919
Date of Death: October 24, 1974
Buried At: Elmwood Cemetery - Columbia, SC
Wilbur E. Colyer
Sergeant, US Army
Born: March 05, 1898 at Brooklyn, NY
Entered Service: South Ozone, NY
Date/Place of Action: October 09, 1918 - Verdun, France
Unit: Company A, 1st Engineers, 1st Division
Presentation: G.O. 20, WD - January 30, 1919
Date of Death: October 10, 1918 (Killed In Action)
Buried At: Cypress Hills National Cemetery - Brooklyn, NY
Berger Holton Loman
Private, US Army
Born: August 24, 1886 at Bergen, Norway
Entered Service: Chicago, IL
Date/Place of Action: October 09, 1918 - Consenvoye, France
Unit: Company H, 132d Infantry, 33d Division
Presentation: At Chaumont, France
by General John J. Pershing on February 9, 1919
Date of Death: May 09, 1968
Buried At: Arlington National Cemetery - Arlington, VA
Robert Lester Blackwell
Private, US Army
Born: October 04, 1895 at Person County, NC
Entered Service: Hurdle Mills, NC
Date/Place of Action: October 11, 1918 - St. Souplet, France
Unit: Company K, 119th Infantry, 30th Division
Presentation: G.O. 13, WD - January 18, 1919
Date of Death: October 11, 1918 (Killed In Action)
Buried At: Somme Cemetery - Bony Aisne, France
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Richmond Hobson Hilton
Sergeant, US Army
Born: October 08, 1898 at Westville, SC
Entered Service: Westville, SC
Date/Place of Action: October 11, 1918 - Brancourt, France
Unit: Company M, 118th Infantry, 30th Division
Presentation: G.O. 16, WD - January 22, 1919
Date of Death: August 13, 1933
Buried At: Quaker Cemetery - Camden, SC
James Davidson Heriot
Corporal, US Army
Born: November 02, 1890 at Providence, SC
Entered Service: Providence, SC
Date/Place of Action: October 12, 1918 - Vaux-Andigny, France
Unit: Company I, 118th Infantry, 30th Division
Presentation: G.O. 13, WD - January 18, 1919
Date of Death: October 12, 1918 (Killed In Action)
Buried At: Rembert Church Cemetery - Rembert, SC
Samuel Woodfill
First Lieutenant, US Army
Born: January 06, 1883 at Jefferson County, IN
Entered Service: Bryantsburg, IN
Date/Place of Action: October 12, 1918 - Cunel, France
Unit: Company M, 60th Infantry, 5th Division
Presentation: At Chaumont, France
by General John J. Pershing on February 9, 1919
Date of Death: August 10, 1951
Buried At: Arlington National Cemetery - Arlington, VA
William Joseph Wild Bill Donovan
Lieutenant Colonel, US Army
Born: January 01, 1883 at Buffalo, NY
Entered Service: Buffalo, NY
Date/Place of Action: October 14 & 15, 1918 - Landres-et-St. Georges, France
Unit: 165th Infantry, 42d Division
Presentation: G.O. 56, WD - December 30, 1922
Date of Death: February 08, 1959
Buried At: Arlington National Cemetery - Arlington, VA
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Michael Aloyisius Donaldson
Sergeant, US Army
Born: January 16, 1887 at Haverstraw, NY
Entered Service: Haverstraw, NY
Date/Place of Action: Oct. 14, 1918 - Sommerance & Landres-et- St. Georges, France
Unit: Company I, 165th Infantry, 42d Division
Presentation: G.O. 9, WD - March 23, 1923
Date of Death: April 12, 1970
Buried At: St. Peter's Cemetery - Haverstraw, NY
John Cantey Villepigue
Corporal, US Army
Born: March 29, 1896 at Camden, SC
Entered Service: Camden, SC
Date/Place of Action: October 15, 1918 - Vaux-Andigny, France
Unit: Company M, 118th Infantry, 30th Division
Presentation: G.O. 16, WD - January 22, 1919
Date of Death: April 18, 1943
Buried At: Quaker Cemetery - Camden, SC
Thomas Croft Neibaur
Private, US Army
Born: May 17, 1898 at Sharon, ID
Entered Service: Sugar City, ID
Date/Place of Action: October 16, 1918 - Landres-et-St. Georges, France
Unit: Company M, 167th Infantry, 42d Division
Presentation: At Chaumont, France
by General John J. Pershing on February 9, 1919
Date of Death: December 23, 1942
Buried At: Sugar City Cemetery - Sugar City, ID
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Meuse-Argonne Offensive
(PHASE THREE – October 16 – November 11, 1918)
Parker F. Dunn
Private First Class, US Army
Born: Albany, NY
Entered Service: Albany, NY
Date/Place of Action: October 23, 1918 - Grand-Pre, France
Unit: Company G, 312th Infantry, 78th Division
Presentation: G.O. 49, WD - November 25, 1922
Date of Death: October 23, 1918 (Killed In Action)
Buried At: St. Agnes Cemetery - Albany, NY
William Sawelson
Sergeant, US Army
Born: August 05, 1895 at Newark, NJ
Entered Service: Harrison, NJ
Date/Place of Action: October 26, 1918 - Grand-Pre, France
Unit: Company M, 312th Infantry, 78th Division
Presentation: G.O. 16, WD - January 22, 1919
Date of Death: October 26, 1918 (Killed In Action)
Buried At: Meuse-Argonne Cemetery - Romagne Meuse, France
Michael J. Perkins
Private First Class, US Army
Born: 1899 at Boston, MA
Entered Service: Boston, MA
Date/Place of Action: October 27, 1918 - Belieu Bois, France
Unit: Company D, 101st Infantry, 26th Division
Presentation: G.O. 34, WD - March 07, 1919
Date of Death: October 28, 1918 (Killed In Action)
Buried At: New Calvary Cemetery - Mattapan, MA
Charles Denver Barger
Private First Class, US Army
Born: 1892 at Mount Vernon, MO
Entered Service: Stotts City, MO
Date/Place of Action: October 31, 1918 - Bois-de-Bantheville, France
Unit: Company L, 354th Infantry, 89th Division
Presentation: At Chaumont, France
by General John J. Pershing on February 9, 1919
Date of Death: November 25, 1936
Buried At: Blue Springs Cemetery - Blue Springs, MO
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Jesse N. Funk
Private First Class, US Army
Born: August 20, 1888 at New Hampton, MO
Entered Service: Calhan, CO
Date/Place of Action: October 31, 1918 - Bois-de-Bantheville, France
Unit: Company L, 354th Infantry, 89th Division
Presentation: G.O. 20, WD - January 30, 1919
Date of Death: March 21, 1933
Buried At: Calhan Cemetery - Calhan, CO
Harold Arthur Furlong
First Lieutenant, US Army
Born: August 01, 1895 at Pontiac, MI
Entered Service: Detroit, MI
Date/Place of Action: November 01, 1918 - Chaumont, France
Unit: Company M, 353d Infantry, 89th Division
Presentation: At Chaumont, France
by General John J. Pershing on February 9, 1919
Date of Death: July 27, 1987
Buried At: Oak Hill Cemetery - Pontiac, MI
Arthur J. Forrest
Sergeant, US Army
Born: 1896 at St. Louis, MO
Entered Service: Hannibal, MO
Date/Place of Action: November 01, 1918 - Remonville, France
Unit: Company D, 354th Infantry, 89th Division
Presentation: G.O. 50, WD - April 12, 1919
Date of Death: November 30, 1964
Buried At: Grand View Burial Park - Hannibal, MO
Marcellus Holms Chiles
Captain, US Army
Born: February 05, 1895 at Eureka Springs, AR
Entered Service: Denver, CO
Date/Place of Action: November 03, 1918 - Le Champy Bas, France
Unit: Company A, 356th Infantry, 89th Division
Presentation: April 15, 1919
Date of Death: November 05, 1918 (Killed In Action)
Buried At: Meuse-Argonne Cemetery - Romagne, France
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Edward C. Allworth
Captain, US Army
Born: July 06, 1887 at Crawford, WA
Entered Service: Corvallis, OR
Date/Place of Action: November 05, 1918 - Clery-le-Petit, France
Unit: 60th Infantry, 5th Division
Presentation: At Chaumont, France
by General John J. Pershing on February 9, 1919
Date of Death: June 25, 1966
Buried At: Crystal Lake Cemetery - Corvallis, OR
M. Waldo Hatler
Sergeant, US Army
Born: January 06, 1894 at Bolivar, MO
Entered Service: Neosho, MO
Date/Place of Action: November 08, 1918 - Pouilly, France
Unit: Company B, 356th Infantry, 89th Division
Presentation: G.O. 74, WD - June 07, 1919
Date of Death: August 31, 1967
Buried At: Grand Army of the Republic Cemetery - Sulphur Springs, AR
David B. Barkeley
aka: David Bennes Barkley
Private, US Army
Born: March 31, 1899 at Laredo, TX
Entered Service: San Antonio, TX
Date/Place of Action: November 09, 1918 - Pouilly, France
Unit: Company A, 356th Infantry, 89th Division
Presentation: To His Mother at her home in San Antonio Texas in 1919
Date of Death: November 09, 1918 (Killed In Action)
Buried At: San Antonio National Cemetery - San Antonio , TX
Harold Irving Johnston
Sergeant, US Army
Born: March 09, 1892 at Kendall, KS
Entered Service: Chicago, IL
Date/Place of Action: November 09, 1918 - Pouilly, France
Unit: Company A, 356th Infantry, 89th Division
Presentation: At Chaumont, France
by General John J. Pershing on February 9, 1919
Date of Death: August 28, 1949
Buried At: Fairmount Cemetery - Denver, CO
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Ludovicus M. M. Van Iersel
Sergeant, US Army
Born: October 19, 1893 at Dussen, Holland
Entered Service: Glen Rock, NJ
Date/Place of Action: November 09, 1918 - Mouzon, France
Unit: Company M, 9th Infantry, 2d Division
Presentation: G.O. 34, WD - March 07, 1919
Date of Death: June 09, 1987
Buried At: Arlington National Cemetery - Arlington, VA
Total World War I Medal of Honor Awards
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Total Awards Posthumous Awards
86
24
US Army
21
2
US Navy
8
4
US Marine Corps
4
3
US Army Air Service
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Five Marines received BOTH the Army and Navy Medal of Honor for the same action.
These were the last men to become DOUBLE RECIPIENTS of the Medal of Honor.
Of nearly 2,500 Medal of Honor awards prior to World War I, only 49 were posthumous.
During World War I Medal of Honor recipients had a 27% mortality rate, the highest in
history to that point and nearly equal the rate of posthumous awards for all prior
wars/actions.
There are no living World War I Medal of Honor recipients. The last of these heroes,
Edouard Izac, died on January 18, 1990.
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