Unit/Command: Company D, 101st Infantry, 26th Division
Military Service Branch: U.S. Army
Medal of Honor Action Date: October 27, 1918
Medal of Honor Action Place: Belieu Bois, France
Citation
He, voluntarily and alone, crawled to a German "pill box" machine-gun emplacement, from which grenades were being thrown at his platoon. Awaiting his opportunity, when the door was again opened and another grenade thrown, he threw a bomb inside, bursting the door open, and then, drawing his trench knife, rushed into the emplacement. In a hand-to-hand struggle he killed or wounded several of the occupants and captured about 25 prisoners, at the same time silencing seven machine guns.
Medal of Honor Recipient Michael J. Perkins
Additional Details
Accredited to: Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Awarded Posthumously: Yes
Born: 1899, Boston, Suffolk County, MA, United States
Died: October 28, 1918, France
Buried: New Calvary Cemetery (MH), Mattapan, MA, United States