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Saint Agnes Cemetery Marker
Photographer: Don Morfe
Taken: July 3, 2001
Caption: Saint Agnes Cemetery Marker
Additional Description: MEDAL OF HONOR CITATION: *DUNN, PARKER F. (KIA) Rank and organization: Private First Class, U.S. Army, Company A, 312th Infantry, 78th Division. Place and date: Near Grand-Pre, France, 23 October 1918. Entered service at: Albany, N.Y. Birth: Albany, N.Y. G.O. No.: 49, W.D., 1922. Citation: When his battalion commander found it necessary to send a message to a company in the attacking line and hesitated to order a runner to make the trip because of the extreme danger involved, Pfc. Dunn, a member of the intelligence section, volunteered for the mission. After advancing but a short distance across a field swept by artillery and machinegun fire, he was wounded, but continued on and fell wounded a second time. Still undaunted, he persistently attempted to carry out his mission until he was killed by a machinegun bullet before reaching the advance line.
Submitted: January 4, 2013, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland.
Database Locator Identification Number: p230550
File Size: 0.068 Megabytes

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