Medal of Honor
October 8, 1918
near Consenvoye, France
- Rank at action
- Private
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- World War I
- Unit or command
- Company D, 124th Machine Gun Battalion, 33d Division
- Presentation date
- December 31, 1919
The Citation
Sources ↓Observing German soldiers under cover 50 yards away on the left flank, Pvt. Slack, upon his own initiative, rushed them with his rifle and, single-handed, captured 10 prisoners and 2 heavy-type machineguns, thus saving his company and neighboring organizations from heavy casualties.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- Clayton Kirk Slack — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-26
current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison
Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
- Award ID
- MOH-AW-000344
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-26
- Recorded order reference (not verified against the original)
- 16
- Entered service at
- Madison, Wis.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- bc7e48e0d5dadd4d54c23801aa39be5cd0b9ba4b4b72989ee5da3428f30955d2
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
Current reference profile confirms identity and core action metadata; legacy full citation text and source-row provenance are retained; General Order comparison remains pending.