Michael J. Perkins, Mattapan, MA
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Don.Morfe
N 42° 16.872 W 071° 06.210
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World War I Medal of Honor Recipient for action at Belieu Bois, France on October 27, 1918. He was Killed in Action. He is buried in New Calvary Cemetery, Mattapan MA in Section 1 North.
Waymark Code: WMWQB0
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 10/01/2017
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He was born in 1899 in Boston MA and died on October 28, 1918 in France. His Medal of Honor information and citation is: *PERKINS, MICHAEL J.
Rank and Organization: Private First Class, U.S. Army, Company D, 101st Infantry, 26th Division. Place and Date: At Belieu Bois, France, 27 October 1918. Entered Service At: Boston, Mass. Birth: Boston, Mass. G. O. No.: 34, W.D. 1919.
Citation:
He voluntarily and alone, crawled to a German "pill box" machinegun emplacement, from which grenades were being thrown at his platoon. Awaiting his opportunity, when the door was again opened and another grenade thrown, he threw a bomb inside, bursting the door open, and then, drawing his trench knife, rushed into the emplacement. In a hand-to-hand struggle he killed or wounded several of the occupants and captured about 25 prisoners, at the same time silencing 7 machineguns.
Armed Service: Army
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