Medal of Honor
October 7, 1918
near Donnevoux, France
- Rank at action
- Corporal
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- World War I
- Unit or command
- Company H, 129th Infantry, 33d Division
- Presentation date
- December 31, 1919
The Citation
Sources ↓Seeing a French airplane fall out of control on the enemy side of the Meuse River with its pilot injured, Cpl. Hill voluntarily dashed across the footbridge to the side of the wounded man and, taking him on his back, started back to his lines. During the entire exploit he was subjected to murderous fire of enemy machineguns and artillery, but he successfully accomplished his mission and brought his man to a place of safety, a distance of several hundred yards.
Sources & record notes
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- Ralyn M Hill — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-26
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Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
- Award ID
- MOH-AW-000315
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-26
- Recorded order reference (not verified against the original)
- 34
- Entered service at
- Oregon, Ill.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- f92a8e66c3258052ba7aa7eac6a5e335367b6fb47dffa6c90716dabdf07c1399
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.