HALL, THOMAS LEE - Medal of Honor Recipient
Rank and organization: Sergeant, U.S. Army, Company G, 118th Infantry,
30th Division. Place and date. Near Montbrehain, France, 8 October 1918.
Entered service at: Fort Mill, S.C. Birth: Fort Mill, S.C., G.O. No.: 50,
W.D., 1919. Citation: Having overcome 2 machinegun nests under his skillful
leadership, Sgt. Hall's platoon was stopped 800 yards from its final objective
by machinegun fire of particular intensity. Ordering his men to take cover
in a sunken road, he advanced alone on the enemy machinegun post and killed
5 members of the crew with his bayonet and thereby made possible the further
advance of the line. While attacking another machinegun nest later in the
day this gallant soldier was mortally wounded.
This data was extracted from the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, U.S. Senate, Medal of Honor Recipients: 1863-1973 (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1973)
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