Harold W. Roberts

Corporal · U.S. Army

U.S. Army Company A, 344th Battalion, Tank Corps

4 October 1918 · the Montrebeau Woods France

CC BY-SA 4.0. Camp Roberts Military Museum Source file

Branch: U.S. Army
Era: World War I
Home state: California
Action: the Montrebeau Woods France

The citation

Official citation

Corporal. Roberts, a tank driver, was moving his tank into a clump of bushes to afford protection to another tank which had become disabled. The tank slid into a shell hole, 10 feet deep, filled with water, and was immediately submerged. Knowing that only 1 of the 2 men in the tank could escape, Corporal. Roberts said to the gunner, "Well, only one of us can get out, and out you go," whereupon he pushed his companion through the back door of the tank and was himself drowned.

Sources

U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
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