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Congressional Medal of Honor Society
Stories of Sacrifice
World War I - U.S. Army
William Sawelson
Details
Rank: Sergeant
Conflict/Era: World War I
Unit/Command: Company M, 312th Infantry, 78th Division
Military Service Branch: U.S. Army
Medal of Honor Action Date: October 26, 1918
Medal of Honor Action Place: Grand-Pre, France
Citation
Hearing a wounded man in a shell hole some distance away calling for water, Sgt. Sawelson, upon his own initiative, left shelter and crawled through heavy machine-gun fire to where the man lay, giving him what water he had in his canteen. He then went back to his own shell hole, obtained more water, and was returning to the wounded man when he was killed by a machine-gun bullet.
Additional Details
Accredited to: Harrison, Hudson County, New Jersey
Awarded Posthumously: Yes
Born: August 5, 1895, Newark, Essex County, NJ, United States
Died: October 26, 1918, France
Buried: Meuse-Argonne Cemetery (MH) (C-9-33), Romagne Meuse, France