Monterey County CA Archives Military Records.....Seibert, Lloyd M. 1918
WWI 364th Infantry, 91st Division, Co. F
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Congressional Medal Of Honor Citation
  Lloyd M. Seibert, sergeant, Company F, 364th Infantry, 91st Division. For 
conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty in 
action with the enemy near Epinonville, France, September 26, 1918. Suffering 
from illness, Sergt. Seibert remained with his platoon and led his men with the 
highest courage and leadership under heavy shell and machine-gun fire. With two 
other soldiers he charged a machine-gun emplacement in advance of their company, 
he himself killing one of the enemy with a shotgun and captured two others. In 
this encounter he was wounded, but he nevertheless continued in action, and when 
a withdrawal was ordered he returned with the last unit, assisting a wounded 
comrade. Later in the evening he volunteered and carried in wounded until he 
fainted from exhaustion. Residence at enlistment :-R. F. D. No. 1, Salinas, Calif.

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CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR
THE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS
AND THE
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL
ISSUED BY THE WAR DEPARTMENT
Since April 6, 1917
Up to and including
General Orders, No. 126, War Department, November 11, 1919

COMPILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE ADJUTANT GENERAL OF THE ARMY
WASHINGTON
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
1920


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