Medal of Honor
September 27, 1918
near Ronssoy, France
- Rank at action
- Sergeant
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- World War I
- Unit or command
- Company A, 105th Machine-Gun Battalion, 27th Division
- Presentation date
- December 31, 1920
The Citation
Sources ↓In the face of heavy artillery and machinegun fire, he crawled forward to a burning British tank, in which some of the crew were imprisoned, and succeeded in rescuing 2 men. Although the tank was then burning fiercely and contained ammunition which was likely to explode at any time, this soldier immediately returned to the tank and, entering it, made a search for the other occupants, remaining until he satisfied himself that there were no more living men in the tank.
Sources & record notes
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- Reidar Waaler — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-26
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Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
- Award ID
- MOH-AW-000351
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-26
- Recorded order reference (not verified against the original)
- 5
- Entered service at
- New York, N.Y.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 4f921158e08e16de41ea5747c2a774f8eee55c8b0e759798724da51d471bb978
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.