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World War I
Edward R. Talley
Sergeant · U.S. Army
U.S. Army, Company L, 117th Infantry, 30th Division
7 October 1918 · Ponchaux, France
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Era
- World War I
- Home state
- Tennessee
- Action
- Ponchaux, France
The citation
Official citation
Undeterred by seeing several comrades killed in attempting to put a hostile machinegun nest out of action, Sergeant. 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.