Hudson County NJ Archives Military Records.....Sawelson, William 1918
WWI 107th Infantry, 27th Division
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Congressional Medal Of Honor Citation
    William Sawelson, sergeant, Company M, 312th Infantry, 78th Division. For
conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty in
action with the enemy at Grandpre, France, October 26, 1918. Hearing a wounded
man in a shell hole some distance away calling for water, Sergt. Sawelson, upon
his own initiative, left shelter and crawled through heavy machine-gun fire to
where the man lay, giving him what water he had in his canteen. He then went
back to his own shell hole, obtained more water, and was returning to the
wounded man when he was killed by a machine-gun bullet. Emergency address: Mr.
Jacob Sawelson, father, 315 North Fifth Street, Harrison, N. J. Residence at
enlistment: 315 North Fifth Street, Harrison, 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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