Medal of Honor
July 4, 1918
Hamel, France
- Rank at action
- Corporal
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- World War I
- Unit or command
- 1st Platoon, Company E, 131st Infantry, 33d Division
- Presentation date
- December 31, 1919
The Citation
Sources ↓His company was advancing behind the tanks when it was halted by hostile machinegun fire. Going forward alone, he rushed a machinegun nest, killed several of the crew with his bayonet, and, standing astride his gun, held off the others until reinforcements arrived and captured them.
Sources & record notes
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- Thomas A Pope — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-26
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Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
- Award ID
- MOH-AW-000336
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-26
- Recorded order reference (not verified against the original)
- 44
- Entered service at
- Chicago, Ill.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 6cc9a0c18a098263fae080954cae63506fa0c9fc1f5fa9374caf744ba204737f
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.