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Rank and organization: Private First Class, U.S. Army, Company L, 354th
Infantry, 89th Division. Place and date: Near Bois-deBantheville, France,
31 October 1918. Entered service at: Stotts City, Mo. Birth: Mount Vernon,
Mo. G.O. No.: 20, W.D., 1919. Citation: Learning that 2 daylight patrols
had been caught out in No Man's Land and were unable to return, Pfc. Barger
and another stretcher bearer upon their own initiative made 2 trips 500
yards beyond our lines, under constant machinegun fire, and rescued 2 wounded
officers.
This data was extracted from the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, U.S. Senate, Medal of Honor Recipients: 1863-1973 (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1973)
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