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Rank and organization: Private, U.S. Marine Corps, 78th Company 6th
Regiment. Born: 24 June 1898, Chicago, Ill. Accredited to: Illinois. (Also
received Army Medal of Honor.) Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and
intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty while serving with the 78th
Company, 6th Regiment, 2d Division, in action with the enemy at Blanc Mont
Ridge, France, 3 October 1918. Pvt. Kelly ran through our own barrage a
hundred yards in advance of the front line and attacked an enemy machinegun
nest, killing the gunner with a grenade, shooting another member of the
crew with his pistol, and returning through the barrage with 8 prisoners.
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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