World War I
Clayton K. Slack
Private · U.S. Army
U.S. Army, Company D, 124th Machine Gun Battalion, 33d Division
8 October 1918 · Consenvoye, France
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- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Era
- World War I
- Home state
- Wisconsin
- Action
- Consenvoye, France
The citation
Official 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.
Sources
- U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
- Wikipedia. Linked only. The article text is not copied here.
