Medal of Honor Recipients

Rank and organization: Private First Class, U.S. Army, Company L, 354th Infantry, 89th Division. 
Place and date: Near Bois-deBantheville, France, 31 October 1918. 
Entered service at: Stotts City, Mo. 
Birth: Mount Vernon, Mo. 
G.O. No.: 20, W.D., 1919. 
Citation: Learning that 2 daylight patrols had been caught out in No Man's Land and were unable to return, Pfc. Barger and another stretcher bearer upon their own initiative made 2 trips 500 yards beyond our lines, under constant machinegun fire, and rescued 2 wounded officers.