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Medal of Honor Recipient

James Ernest Karnes

U.S. Army · World War I

MOH-RC-001944Source-based record

The award

Representative medal image: 1904 Army design, early suspension ribbon. Not a portrait or a photograph of this recipient’s own medal.
Army Medal of HonorRecorded presentation: 1919

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Medal of Honor

October 8, 1918

near Estrees, France

Rank at action
Sergeant
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
World War I
Unit or command
Company D, 117th Infantry, 30th Division
Presentation date
December 31, 1919

The Citation

Sources ↓
During an advance, his company was held up by a machinegun, which was enfilading the line. Accompanied by another soldier, he advanced against this position and succeeded in reducing the nest by killing 3 and capturing 7 of the enemy and their guns.

Sources & record notes

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

  1. James Ernest Karnes — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-30

    current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison

Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
Award ID
MOH-AW-001954
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-30
Recorded order reference (not verified against the original)
50
Entered service at
Knoxville, Tenn.
Archive transcription SHA-256
ccdc2a1be6a51bbd64d64e3f284d72425615e5912727162cb2ef4e894a522492

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

The current authoritative source expands or normalizes the inherited name from James E. Karnes to James Ernest Karnes; both renderings remain preserved. The current profile supplies rank at time of action as Sergeant; the inherited rank field remains preserved as None. The current historical action-place wording replaces only the controlled canonical geocoder field; the complete inherited place remains preserved. The current authoritative profile classifies the action under World War I; the inherited unclassified value remains preserved in the audit record.

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