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Home State
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Year of Birth
1899 |
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Hall, Harold De La Monte, Pvt.
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Home Town
Buffalo, Putnam County |
Last Address
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Casualty Date
Sep 30, 1918 |
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Cause
Hostile, Died |
Reason
Unknown, Not Reported |
Location
France |
Conflict
World War I |
Location of Interment
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Last Known Activity
Distinguished Service Cross
Awarded for actions during the World War I
The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pride in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross (Posthumously) to Private Harold De La Monte Hall, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company A, 59th Infantry Regiment, 4th Division, A.E.F., near Bois-de-Brieulles, France, 29 September 1918.
When his company was in a perilous position Private Hall volunteered and carried a message to battalion headquarters, a distance of 1,000 yards, under heavy artillery and machine-gun fire. On his return journey he was killed.
General Orders: War Department, General Orders No. 37 (1919)
Action Date: 29-Sep-18
Service: Army
Rank: Private
Company: Company A
Regiment: 59th Infantry Regiment
Division: 4th Division, American Expeditionary Forces
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Comments/Citation
Son of Perry E. and Mary Ellen Hall, Pvt. Hall was laid to rest at the Hall-Oldaker Cemetery (aka Kirkpatrick) in Buffalo, West Virginia.
According to the Moundsville Daily Echo, he was known as the boy bugler of the fighting Fifty-Ninth Infantry.
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