Medal of Honor
Not documented
Not documented
- Rank at action
- Unknown
- Service
- Unknown
- Conflict
- World War I
- Unit or command
- Not documented
The Citation
Sources ↓* * * By virtue of an act of Congress approved 24 August 1921, the Medal of Honor, emblem of highest ideals and virtues is bestowed in the name of the Congress of the United States upon the unknown American, typifying the gallantry and intrepidity, at the risk of life above and beyond the call of duty, of our beloved heroes who made the supreme sacrifice in the World War. They died in order that others might live (293.8, A.G:O.) (War Department General Orders, No. 59, 13 Dec. 1921, sec. I).
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- Unknown Soldier of United States — Congressional Medal of Honor Society recipient profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-09-02
current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison
Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
- Award ID
- MOH-AW-003445
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-09-02
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 57a327755648e816bdf138eee427dc4ab3cb30e8df244a244f32af14e81ed21a
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; rendered current reference profile comparison is documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
The World War I Unknown Soldier is preserved as a distinct recipient from the separately profiled World War II Unknown Soldier. Rank, unit, action date, and action place remain not documented. No General Order verification claim is made.