Bergen County NJ Archives Military Records.....Latham, John Cridland 1918
WWI 107th Infantry, 27th Division
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Congressional Medal Of Honor Citation
  John Cridland Latham, sergeant, Machine Gun Company, 107th Infantry, 27th
Division. For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of
duty in action with the enemy near le Catelet, France, September 29, 1918.
Becoming separated from their platoon by a smoke barrage, Sergt. Latham, Sergt.
Alan L. Eggers, and Corpl. Thomas E. O'Shea took cover in a shell hole well
within the enemy's lines. Upon hearing a call for help from an American tank,
which had become disabled 30 yards from them, the three soldiers left their
shelter and started toward the tank under heavy fire from German machine guns
and trench mortars. In crossing the fire-swept area Corpl. O'Shea was mortally
wounded, but his companions, undeterred, proceeded to the tank, rescued a
wounded officer, and assisted two wounded soldiers to cover in the sap of a
near-by trench. Sergt. Latham and Sergt. Eggers then returned to the tank, in
the face of the violent fire, dismounted a Hotchkiss gun, and took it back to
where the wounded men were, keeping off the enemy all day by effective use of
the gun and later bringing it, with the wounded men, back to our lines under
cover of darkness. Residence at enlistment: 171 Montross Avenue, Rutherford, N. J.

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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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