Medal of Honor
September 12, 1918
near Limey, France
- Rank at action
- Second Lieutenant
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- World War I
- Unit or command
- 353d Infantry, 89th Division
- Presentation date
- December 31, 1919
The Citation
Sources ↓Advancing with his platoon during the St. Mihiel offensive, he was severely wounded in 4 places by the bursting of a high-explosive shell. Before receiving any aid for himself he dressed the wounds of his orderly, who was wounded at the same time. He then ordered and accompanied the further advance of his platoon, although weakened by the loss of blood. His right hand and arm being disabled by wounds, he continued to fire his revolver with his left hand until, exhausted by loss of blood, he fell and died from his wounds before aid could be administered.
Sources & record notes
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- John Hunter Wickersham — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-26
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Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
- Award ID
- MOH-AW-000353
- 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
- Denver, Colo.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 9091aeb2b7f42a2b828d0d4619d12ba8d7d2cd62ab28815db7306bd7da80168c
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
The archival reference search resolved john-h-wickersham outside the inherited top-five set. The structured profile says near Limey; the canonical historical place appends France while preserving the source wording.