Madison County ID Archives Military Records.....Neibaur, Thomas C. 1918
WWI 167th Infantry, 42nd Division, Co. M
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Congregational Church In Maine
    Thomas C. Neibaur, private, Company M, 167th Infantry, 42d Division. For
conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty in
action against the enemy near Landres-et-St. Georges, France, October 16, 1918.
On the afternoon of October 16, 1918, when the Cote-de-Chatillon had just been
gained after bitter fighting and the summit of that strong bulwark in the
Kriemhilde Stellung was being organized, Pvt. Neibaur was sent out on patrol
with his automatic rifle squad to enfilade enemy machine-gun nests. As he gained
the ridge he set .up his automatic rifle and was directly thereafter wounded in
both legs by fire from a hostile machine gun on his flank. The advance wave of
the enemy troops, counterattacking, had about gained the ridge, and although
practically cut off and surrounded, the remainder of his detachment being killed
or wounded, this gallant soldier kept his automatic rifle in operation to such
effect that by his own efforts and by fire from the skirmish line of his
company, at least 100 yards in his rear, the attack was checked. The enemy wave
being halted and lying prone, four of the enemy attacked Pvt. Neibaur at close
quarters. These he killed. He then moved alone among the enemy lying on the
ground about him, in the midst of the fire from his own lines, and by coolness
and gallantry captured 11 prisoners at the point of his pistol and, although
painfully wounded, brought them back to our lines. The counterattack in full
force was arrested, to a large extent, by the single efforts of this soldier,
whose heroic exploits took place against the sky line in full view of his entire
battalion.   Residence at enlistment: Sugar City, Idaho.

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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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