Unit/Command: Company M, 353d Infantry, 89th Division
Military Service Branch: U.S. Army
Medal of Honor Action Date: November 1, 1918
Medal of Honor Action Place: near Bantheville, France
Citation
Immediately after the opening of the attack in the Bois-de-Bantheville, when his company was held up by severe machine-gun fire from the front, which killed his company commander and several soldiers, 1st Lt. Furlong moved out in advance of the line with great courage and coolness, crossing an open space several hundred yards wide. Taking up a position behind the line of the machine guns, he closed in on them, one at a time, killing a number of the enemy with his rifle, putting four machine-gun nests out of action, and driving 20 German prisoners into our lines.
Medal of Honor Recipient Harold A. Furlong
Additional Details
Accredited to: Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan
Awarded Posthumously: No
Presentation Date & Details: February 9, 1919 Chaumont, France, presented by Gen.John J. Pershing
Born: August 1, 1895, Pontiac, Oakland County, MI, United States
Died: July 27, 1987, Clarkston, MI, United States
Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery (PM) (2-155-3), Pontiac, MI, United States
Location of Medal:
Michigan Heroes Museum, Frankenmuth, MI