Congressional Medal of Honor Society
Stories of Sacrifice
World War I - U.S. Army
Donald Marshall Call
Details
- Rank: Corporal
- Conflict/Era: World War I
- Unit/Command:
344th Battalion,
Tank Corps - Military Service Branch: U.S. Army
- Medal of Honor Action Date: September 26, 1918
- Medal of Honor Action Place: near Varennes, France
Citation
During an operation against enemy machine-gun nests west of Varennes, Cpl. Call was in a tank with an officer when half of the turret was knocked off by a direct artillery hit. Choked by gas from the high- explosive shell, he left the tank and took cover in a shellhole 30 yards away. Seeing that the officer did not follow, and thinking that he might be alive, Cpl. Call returned to the tank under intense machine-gun and shell fire and carried the officer over a mile under machine-gun and sniper fire to safety.
Additional Details
- Awarded Posthumously: No
- Presentation Date & Details: February 9, 1919
Chaumont, France - presented by General John J. Pershing
- Born: November 29, 1892, New York, NY, United States
- Died: March 19, 1984, Bethesda, MD, United States
- Buried: Cremated Ashes in Flower Garden, Bethesda, MD, United States
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