John Joseph Kelly - All Saints Cemetery, Des Plaines, IL
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N 42° 03.799 W 087° 53.358
16T E 426423 N 4657188
Earned The Medals of Honor (both Army & Navy)during World War I for heroism October 03, 1918 at Blanc Mont Ridge, France.
Waymark Code: WM3T5V
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 05/14/2008
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"Private Kelly earned the Medal of Honor for heroism near Blanc Mont Ridge, France, during intense assaults upon enemy positions. Private Kelly ran through our own barrage a hundred yards in advance of the front line and attacked an enemy machinegun nest, killing the gunner with a grenade, shooting another member of the crew with his pistol, and returning through the barrage with eight prisoners."
He is a double recipient, from both the Army and the Navy (Marines.)
Armed Service: Marines
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