Years of service 1917 - 1919 Died March 19, 1984 Rank Corporal Awards Medal of Honor | Battles/wars World War I Battles and wars World War I Name Donald Call | |
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Born November 29, 1896
Larchmont, New York ( 1896-11-29 ) Ashes scattered in a flower garden in Bethesda, Maryland Allegiance United States of America Unit Tank Corps of the American Expeditionary Force | ||
Service/branch United States Army | ||
Donald Marshall Call (November 29, 1896–March 19, 1984) was a United States Army soldier during World War I who received the Medal of Honor.
Medal of Honor citation
Citation:
During an operation against enemy machinegun nests west of Varennes, Cpl. Call was in a tank with an officer when half of the turret was knocked off by a direct artillery hit. Choked by gas from the high-explosive shell, he left the tank and took cover in a shellhole 30 yards away. Seeing that the officer did not follow, and thinking that he might be alive, Cpl. Call returned to the tank under intense machinegun and shell fire and carried the officer over a mile under machinegun and sniper fire to safety.References
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