Pvt. Thomas Baldwin was in Company K, 9th Infantry. For extraordinary heroism in action near Soissons, France, on July 18, 1918. After all of the other platoon, runners had been killed or wounded by machine guns and shell fire, and he had been seriously wounded, Pvt. Baldwin refused evacuation, continuing with his mission.
After making three trips through the heavy barrage, he guided platoons to their designated objectives, after which he was ordered to a dressing station.
Home address, Herman Baldwin, father, 1413 South Eleventh Street, Ironton, Ohio.
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