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Medal of Honor Recipient

Joseph B. Adkison

U.S. Army · World War I

MOH-RC-000051Source-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

1918-09-29

near Bellicourt, France

Rank at action
Sergeant
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
World War I
Unit or command
Company C, 119th Infantry, 30th Division
Presentation date
December 31, 1919

The Citation

Sources ↓
When murderous machine-gun fire at a range of 50 yards had made it impossible for his platoon to advance and had caused the platoon to take cover, Sgt. Adkison alone, with the greatest intrepidity, rushed across the 50 yards of open ground directly into the face of the hostile machine gun, kicked the gun from the parapet into the enemy trench, and at the point of the bayonet captured the three men manning the gun. The gallantry and quick decision of this soldier enabled the platoon to resume its advance.

Sources & record notes

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

  1. Joseph B. Adkison — 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-000054
Transcription status
Current-source full text
Last source check
2026-08-22
Recorded order reference (not verified against the original)
59
Entered service at
Memphis, Tenn.
Accredited to
Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee
Archive transcription SHA-256
9ce4e7cb823683344cacb11b71afbd98e8c9da9023b4cb9c4eb649068b86d9e6

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Corrected the legacy surname spelling from Adkinson to Adkison and standardized the action place from Bellicourt to near Bellicourt.

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