World War I - U.S. Army

Michael J Perkins

• Rank: Private First Class
• Conflict/Era: World War I
• 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

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.