Show MICHAEL J PERKINS PERKIN 8 private first class company D 1014 infantry private Perkins decea deceased kd was waa decorated ora for conspicuous gallantry in action with the enemy at belleu bolg bois france october 27 1018 ile he voluntarily crawled alone to a german pill box machine gun emplacement from which grenades were being thrown at ills platoon awaiting ills his opportunity when the door was again opened and another grenade thrown over him he threw a bodib inside bursting the door open and then drawing hla big trench knife rushed rushed into tile the emplacement in a hand to hand struggle lie he killed and wounded several of the occupants capants and captured twenty five prig prisoners boners at the same time silencing seven machine guns All michael chael perkins ns his father fath pir lives at E street south boston masa |