KAUFMAN, BENJAMIN - Medal of Honor Recipient
Rank and organization: First Sergeant, U.S. Army, Company K, 308th Infantry,
77th Division. Place and date: In the forest of Argonne, France, 4 October
1918. Entered service at: Brooklyn, N.Y. Born: 10 March 1894, Buffalo,
N.Y. G.O. No.: 50, W.D., 1919. Citation: He took out a patrol for the purpose
of attacking an enemy machinegun which had checked the advance of his company.
Before reaching the gun he became separated from his patrol and a machinegun
bullet shattered his right arm. Without hesitation he advanced on the gun
alone, throwing grenades with his left hand and charging with an empty
pistol, taking one prisoner and scattering the crew, bringing the gun and
prisoner back to the first-aid station.
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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