TALLEY, EDWARD R. - Medal of Honor Recipient
Rank and organization: Sergeant, U.S. Army, Company L, 117th Infantry,
30th Division. Place and date: Near Ponchaux, France, 7 October 1918. Entered
service at: Russellville, Tenn. Born: 8 September 1890, Russellville, Tenn.
G.O. No.: 50, W.D., 1919. Citation: Undeterred by seeing several comrades
killed in attempting to put a hostile machinegun nest out of action, Sgt.
Talley attacked the position single-handed. Armed only with a rifle, he
rushed the nest in the face of intense enemy fire, killed or wounded at
least 6 of the crew, and silenced the gun. When the enemy attempted to
bring forward another gun and ammunition he drove them back by effective
fire from his rifle.
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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