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Harold Arthur Furlong |
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Engagements: • World War I (1914 - 1918) |
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Harold Arthur Furlong Colonel, U.S. Army Medal of Honor Recipient World War I Colonel Harold Arthur Furlong (1 August 1895 - 27 July 1987) was a U.S. Army officer who received the U.S. military's highest award for valor, the Medal of Honor, for his heroic actions during World War I. Medal of Honor Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, 353rd Infantry, 89th Division. Place and date: Near Bantheville, France, 1 November 1918. Citation: Immediately after the opening of the attack in the Bois-de-Bantheville, when his company was held up by severe machinegun fire from the front, which killed his company commander and several soldiers, 1st. Lt. Furlong moved out in advance of the line with great courage and coolness, crossing an open space several hundred yards wide. Taking up a position behind the line of the machineguns, he closed in on them, one at a time, killing a number of the enemy with his rifle, putting 4 machinegun nests out of action, and driving 20 German prisoners into our lines. By the time he left the Army, Furlong had attained the rank of Colonel. Death and Burial Colonel Harold Arthur Furlong died on 27 July 1987 at age 91. He is buried at Oak Hill Cemetery in Pontiac, MI. |
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Honoree ID: 1761 | Created by: MHOH |