Harold A. Furlong

Branch

U.S. Army

Era

World War I

Home state

Michigan

Action

Bantheville, France

The citation

Official citation

Immediately after the opening of the attack in the Bois-de-Bantheville, when his company was held up by severe machinegun fire from the front, which killed his company commander and several soldiers, 1st. Lt. Furlong moved out in advance of the line with great courage and coolness, crossing an open space several hundred yards wide. Taking up a position behind the line of the machineguns, he closed in on them, one at a time, killing a number of the enemy with his rifle, putting 4 machinegun nests out of action, and driving 20 German prisoners into our lines.

Sources

• U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
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