Cook County IL Archives Military Records.....Gumpertz, Sydney G. 1918
WWI 132d Infantry 33d Division, Co. E
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Congressional Medal Of Honor Citation
    Sydney G. Gumpertz, first sergeant, Company E, 132d Infantry, 33d Division. For
conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty in action
with the enemy in the Bois de Forges, France, September 26, 1918. When the advancing
line was held up by machine-gun fire, Sergt. Gumperts left the platoon of which he
was in command and started with two other soldiers through a heavy barrage toward
the machine-gun nest. His two companions soon became casualties from bursting shell,
but Sergt. Gumpertz continued on alone in the face of direct fire from the machine
gun, jumped into the nest and silenced the gun, capturing nine of the crew.
Residence at enlistment: 57 East Van Buren Street, Chicago, Ill.

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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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