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Medal of Honor Recipient

Alexander Gordon Lyle

U.S. Navy · World War I

MOH-RC-002923Source-based record

The award

Representative medal image: Navy star design with the 1913 blue ribbon. Not a portrait or a photograph of this recipient’s own medal.
Navy Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1918

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Medal of Honor

1918-04-23

the French Front, France

Rank at action
Lieutenant Commander
Service
U.S. Navy
Conflict
World War I
Unit or command
Dental Corps, attached to 5th Regiment Marines, U.S. Marines

The Citation

Sources ↓
For extraordinary heroism and devotion to duty while serving with the 5th Regiment, U.S. Marine Corps. Under heavy shellfire, on 23 April 1918, on the French Front, Lt. Comdr. Lyle rushed to the assistance of Cpl. Thomas Regan, who was seriously wounded, and administered such effective surgical aid while bombardment was still continuing, as to save the life of Cpl. Regan.

Sources & record notes

General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.

  1. Alexander Gordon Lyle — Congressional Medal of Honor Society recipient profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-09-01

    current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison

Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
Award ID
MOH-AW-002938
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-09-01
Accredited to
Massachusetts
Archive transcription SHA-256
a87b47e6d474d07aec8528cf7f0e8420529735d40afbe8d0a7a3554ab90fbbe3

Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; rendered current reference profile comparison is documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.

Current official reference profile confirms identity and core action metadata; exact legacy citation text and checksum are retained; General Order comparison remains pending.

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