Unit/Command: 1st Platoon, Company E, 131st Infantry, 33d Division
Military Service Branch: U.S. Army
Medal of Honor Action Date: July 4, 1918
Medal of Honor Action Place: Hamel, France
Citation
His company was advancing behind the tanks when it was halted by hostile machine-gun fire. Going forward alone, he rushed a machine-gun nest, killed several of the crew with his bayonet, and, standing astride his gun, held off the others until reinforcements arrived and captured them.
Medal of Honor Recipient Thomas A. Pope
Additional Details
Accredited to: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Awarded Posthumously: No
Presentation Date & Details: April 22, 1919 Ettlebruck, Luxembourg presented by Gen. John J. Pershing
Born: December 15, 1894, Chicago, Cook County, IL, United States
Died: June 14, 1989, Maywood, IL, United States
Buried: Arlington National Cemetery (MH) (35-3157), Arlington, VA, United States