SLACK, CLAYTON K. - Medal of Honor Recipient
Rank and organization: Private, U.S. Army, Company D, 124th Machine
Gun Battalion, 33d Division. Place and date: Near Consenvoye, France, 8
October 1918. Entered service at: Madison, Wis. Born: 23 February 1896,
Plover, Wis. G.O. No.: 16, W.D., 1919. Citation: Observing German soldiers
under cover 50 yards away on the left flank, Pvt. Slack, upon his own initiative,
rushed them with his rifle and, single-handed, captured 10 prisoners and
2 heavy-type machineguns, thus saving his company and neighboring organizations
from heavy casualties.
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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