Donald M. Call

Donald M. Call
Donald M. Call, Medal of Honor recipient
Born	(1896-11-29)November 29, 1896 Larchmont, New York
Died	March 19, 1984(1984-03-19) (aged 87)
Ashes scattered	in a flower garden in Bethesda, Maryland
Allegiance	United States of America
Service / branch	United States Army
Years of service	1917 - 1919
Rank	Corporal
Unit	344th Battalion, Tank Corps
Battles / wars	World War I
Awards	Medal of Honor

Drawing showing Donald Call rescuing a soldier as described, from 1919.

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.

See also

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

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Army Center of Military History.

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General

• "Donald M. Call". Claim to Fame: Medal of Honor recipients. Find a Grave. Retrieved 2009-07-10.