William Sawelson

Infobox Military Person
name= William Sawelson
born= birth date|1895|8|5
died= death date and age|1918|10|26|1895|8|5
placeofbirth= Newark, New Jersey
placeofdeath= Grand-Pre, France
placeofburial= Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial Romagne Meuse, France


caption=Medal of Honor recipient
nickname=
allegiance= United States of America
branch= United States Army
serviceyears=
rank= Sergeant
unit= Company M, 312th Infantry, 78th Division
battles= World War I
awards= Medal of Honor

William Sawelson (August 5, 1895-October 26, 1918) was a sergeant in the US Army during World War I. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for valor in combat. The medal was posthumously presented to his father Jacob L. Sawelson at Governor's Island.

Medal of Honor citation

*Rank and organization: Sergeant, U.S. Army, Company M, 312th Infantry, 78th Division.
*Place and date: At Grand-Pre, France, 26 October, 1918.
*Entered service at: Harrison, N.J.
*Born: 5 August 1895, Newark, N.J.
*General Orders No.16, War Department, January 22, 1919.

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.

ee also

*List of Medal of Honor recipients
*List of Medal of Honor recipients for World War I

References

*cite web
url=http://www.history.army.mil/html/moh/worldwari.html
title=The U.S. Army Center of Military History, World War I Medal of Honor Recipients
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Persondata
NAME= Sawelson, William.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=
SHORT DESCRIPTION= United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
DATE OF BIRTH= August 5, 1895
PLACE OF BIRTH= Newark, New Jersey
DATE OF DEATH= October 26, 1918
PLACE OF DEATH= Grand-Pre, France