Cook County IL Archives Military Records.....Kelly, John Joseph 1918
WWI 78th Co., 6th Regt., USMC
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Congressional Medal Of Honor Citation
  John Joseph Kelly, private, 78th Company, 6th Regiment, United States Marine
Corps, 2d Division. For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the
call of duty in action with the enemy at Blanc Mont Ridge, France, October 3, 1918.
Pvt. Kelly ran through our own barrage 100 yards in advance of the front line and
attacked an enemy machine-gun nest, killing the gunner with a grenade, shooting
another member of the crew with his pistol, and returned through the barrage with
eight prisoners. Residence at enlistment: 6558 Ellis Avenue, 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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