William Sawelson

William Sawelson

Medal of Honor recipient
Born (1895-08-05)August 5, 1895
Newark, New Jersey
Died October 26, 1918(1918-10-26) (aged 23)
Grandpré, France
Place of burial Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial Romagne Meuse, France
Allegiance United States of America
Service/branch United States Army
Years of service 1917 - 1918
Rank Sergeant
Unit Company M, 312th Infantry, 78th Division
Battles/wars World War I
Awards Medal of Honor

William Sawelson (August 5, 1895 – October 26, 1918) was a sergeant in the U.S. Army during World War I. He received the Medal of Honor for valor in combat. The medal was posthumously presented to his father Jacob L. Sawelson at Governors Island.

He is buried at the Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial east of the village of Romagne-sous-Montfaucon.

Medal of Honor citation

Citation:

Hearing a wounded man in a shell hole some distance away calling for water, Sgt. Sawelson, upon his own initiative, left shelter and crawled through heavy machinegun 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 machinegun bullet.

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