Medal of Honor
September 29, 1918
near Le Catelet, France
- Rank at action
- Corporal
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- World War I
- Unit or command
- 3d Platoon, Machine Gun Company, 107th Infantry, 27th Division
- Presentation date
- December 31, 1919
The Citation
Sources ↓Becoming separated from their platoon by a smoke barrage, Cpl. O'Shea, with 2 other soldiers, took cover in a shell hole well within the enemy's lines. Upon hearing a call for help from an American tank, which had become disabled 30 yards from them, the 3 soldiers left their shelter and started toward the tank under heavy fire from German machineguns and trench mortars. In crossing the fire-swept area Cpl. O'Shea was mortally wounded and died of his wounds shortly afterwards.
Sources & record notes
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- Thomas E O'Shea — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-26
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Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
- Award ID
- MOH-AW-000334
- 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
- Summit, N.J.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 0345c88792fd1153072f63e51f8f2f7490b656b137f4360eeda9445bac8d1f17
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.