Medal of Honor
September 29, 1918
near Bellicourt, France
- Rank at action
- First Sergeant
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- World War I
- Unit or command
- Company G, 119th Infantry, 30th Division
- Presentation date
- December 31, 1919
The Citation
Sources ↓Seeing that the left flank of his company was held up, he located the enemy machinegun emplacement, which had been causing heavy casualties. In the face of heavy fire he rushed it single-handed, killing the entire crew with grenades. Continuing along the enemy trench in advance of the company, he reached another emplacement, which he also charged, silencing the gun with grenades. A third machinegun emplacement opened up on him from the left and with similar skill and bravery he destroyed this also. Later, in company with another sergeant, he attacked a fourth machinegun nest, being killed as he reached the parapet of the emplacement. His courageous action in destroying in turn 4 enemy machinegun nests prevented many casualties among his company and very materially aided in achieving the objective.
Sources & record notes
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Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
- Award ID
- MOH-AW-000325
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-26
- Recorded order reference (not verified against the original)
- 59
- Entered service at
- Crossville, Tenn.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- faea4ecf142385df2e53a0b9e46c5fd8dcc9e96bf721e99fd9052df20b050672
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.