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John received the Congressional Medal of Honor after World War I. The following is his citation: “Villepique, John C., rank and organization: Corporal, Co. M. 118th Infantry, 30th Division, place and date: At Vaux-Andigny, France, fifteenth of October, 1918. Entered service at Camden, South Carolina Birth: Camden, South Carolina G. O. No. 16, War Dept., 1919. Having been sent out with two other soldiers to scout through the village of Vaux-Andigny, he met with strong resistance from enemy machine-gun fire which killed one of his men and wounded the other. Continuing his advance without aid, five hundred yards in advance of his platoon and in the face of machine-gun and artillery fire, he encountered four of the enemy in a dug-out whom he attacked and killed with a hand grenade. Crawling forward to a point one hundred and fifty yards in advance of his first encounter, he rushed a machine-gun nest killing four and capturing six of the enemy and taking two light machine-guns. After being joined by his platooon he was severely wounded in the arm. (See Page 265, The Medal of Honor, United States Army.) The medals he received were: United States Congressional Medal of Honor, the Purple Heart, French Croix de Guerre with Palm, the French Medaille Militaire, British Distinguished Conduct Medal, Italian War Cross, Portuguese Merito di Guerra, Montenegran Medal of Bravery. [1] |
1897 - 1943 (46 years)
d. 5 Nov 1941 (Age 76 years) 