Medal of Honor
1918-08-09
Chipilly Ridge, France
- Rank at action
- Corporal
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- World War I
- Unit or command
- Company H, 131st Infantry, 33d Division
- Presentation date
- December 31, 1919
The Citation
Sources ↓At a critical point in the action, when all the officers of his platoon had become casualties, Cpl. Allex took command of the platoon and led it forward until the advance was stopped by fire from a machine-gun nest. He then advanced alone for about 30 yards in the face of intense fire and attacked the nest. With his bayonet he killed five of the enemy, and when it was broken, used the butt of his rifle, capturing 15 prisoners.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- Jake Allex — current citation source ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-22
current identity, action metadata, and full citation transcription
Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
- Award ID
- MOH-AW-000055
- Transcription status
- Current-source full text
- Last source check
- 2026-08-22
- Recorded order reference (not verified against the original)
- 44
- Entered service at
- Chicago, Ill.
- Accredited to
- Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- a532923fd92f384b0810392e35f2328208b359a1c6102039f9e67953bc163463
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Standardized the action place to Chipilly Ridge and used the current profile wording and number style.