Kings County NyArchives Military Records.....Hoffman, Charles F. 1918
WWI 49th Co., 5th Regt., 2d Division, USMC
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Congressional Medal Of Honor Citation
  Charles F. Hoffman, gunnery sergeant, 49th Company, 5th Regiment, United
States Marine Corps, 2d Division. For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity
above and beyond the call of duty in action with the enemy near Chateau-Thierry,
France, June 6, 1918. Immediately after the company to which he belonged had
reached its objective on Hill 142 several hostile counterattacks were launched
against the line before the new position had been consolidated. Sergt. Hoffman
was attempting to organize a position on the north slope of the hill when he saw
12 of the enemy, armed with five light machine guns, crawling toward his group.
Giving the alarm, he rushed the hostile detachment, bayoneted the two leaders,
and forced the others to flee, abandoning their guns. His quick action,
initiative, and courage drove the enemy from a position from which they could
have swept the hill with machine-gun fire and forced the withdrawal of our
troops. Residence at enlistment: 174 Monitor Street, Brooklyn, N. Y.

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CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR
THE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS
AND THE
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL
ISSUED BY THE WAR DEPARTMENT
Since April 6, 1917
Up to and including
General Orders, No. 126, War Department, November 11, 1919

COMPILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE ADJUTANT GENERAL OF THE ARMY
WASHINGTON
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
1920


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