Medal of Honor
November 3, 1918
near Le Champy Bas, France
- Rank at action
- Captain
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- World War I
- Unit or command
- Company A, 356th Infantry, 89th Division
- Presentation date
- December 31, 1919
The Citation
Sources ↓When his battalion, of which he had just taken command, was halted by machinegun fire from the front and left flank, he picked up the rifle of a dead soldier and, calling on his men to follow led the advance across a stream, waist deep, in the face of the machinegun fire. Upon reaching the opposite bank this gallant officer was seriously wounded in the abdomen by a sniper, but before permitting himself to be evacuated he made complete arrangements for turning over his command to the next senior officer, and under the inspiration of his fearless leadership his battalion reached its objective. Capt. Chiles died shortly after reaching the hospital.
Sources & record notes
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- Marcellus Holmes Chiles — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-26
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Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
- Award ID
- MOH-AW-000299
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-26
- Recorded order reference (not verified against the original)
- 20
- Entered service at
- Denver, Colo.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 3d8133880ee41377f1d7f396d8854f16db973e3b9102ca077048a2affbcc9630
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.