World War I
Richmond H. Hilton
Sergeant · U.S. Army
U.S. Army, Company M, 118th Infantry, 30th Division
11 October 1918 · Brancourt, France
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- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Era
- World War I
- Home state
- South Carolina
- Action
- Brancourt, France
The citation
Official citation
While Sergeant. Hilton's company was advancing through the village of Brancourt it was held up by intense enfilading fire from a machinegun. Discovering that this fire came from a machinegun nest among shell holes at the edge of the town, Sergeant. Hilton, accompanied by a few other soldiers, but well in advance of them, pressed on toward this position, firing with his rifle until his ammunition was exhausted, and then with his pistol, killing 6 of the enemy and capturing 10. In the course of this daring exploit he received a wound from a bursting shell, which resulted in the loss of his arm.
Sources
- U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
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