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William Sawelson
1895 – 1918
William Sawelson served the U.S. Army. William was 23 years old.
Service Record
U.S. Army
Medal of Honor
26 October 1918 · At Grand-Pre, France, 26 October, 1918. · Sergeant, U.S. Army, Company M, 312th Infantry, 78th Division.
Hearing a wounded man in a shell hole some distance away calling for water, Sergeant. Sawelson, upon his own initiative, left shelter and crawled through heavy machinegun 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 machinegun bullet.
16, W.D., 1919.
Awards & Decorations
1
For valor
Medal of Honor - Army posthumous
16, W.D., 1919.
Hearing a wounded man in a shell hole some distance away calling for water, Sergeant. Sawelson, upon his own initiative, left shelter and crawled through heavy machinegun 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 machinegun bullet.
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