Isadore S. Jachman

Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army

U.S. Army, Company B, 513th Parachute Infantry Regiment

4 January 1945 · Flamierge, Belgium

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Branch: U.S. Army
Era: World War II
Home state: Maryland
Action: Flamierge, Belgium

The citation

Official citation

For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty at Flamierge, Belgium, on 4 January 1945, when his company was pinned down by enemy artillery, mortar, and small arms fire, 2 hostile tanks attacked the unit, inflicting heavy. casualties. S/Sergeant. Jachman, seeing the desperate plight of his comrades, left his place of cover and with total disregard for his own safety dashed across open ground through a hail of fire and seizing a bazooka from a fallen comrade advanced on the tanks, which concentrated their fire on him. Firing the weapon alone, he damaged one and forced both to retire. S/Sergeant. Jachman's heroic action, in which he suffered fatal wounds, disrupted the entire enemy attack, reflecting the highest credit upon himself and the parachute infantry.

Sources

U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
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