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Michael J. Perkins

1899 – 1918
Medal of Honor - Army
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Michael J. Perkins served the U.S. Army. Michael was 19 years old.

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Medal of Honor Recipient Michael J. Perkins
Medal of Honor Recipient Michael J. Perkins
Service Record
U.S. Army
Medal of Honor
Medal of Honor
27 October 1918 · At Belieu Bois, France · Private First Class, U.S. Army, Company D, 101st Infantry, 26th Division.

He, voluntarily and alone, crawled to a German "pill box" machinegun 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 7 machineguns.

34, W.D. 1919.
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Medal of Honor - Army October 27, 1918 · At Belieu Bois, France · Private First Class, U.S. Army, Company D, 101st Infantry, 26th Division. 34, W.D. 1919.
He, voluntarily and alone, crawled to a German "pill box" machinegun 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 7 machineguns.
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