John Cridland Latham, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetJohn Cridland Latham
United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
Date of Birth: 03-Mar-1888
Place of Birth: Windermere, England, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 05-Nov-1975
Profession: military personnel
Zodiac Sign: Pisces 
About John Cridland Latham
- John Cridland Latham (March 3, 1888 – November 5, 1975) was a United States Army soldier who received the U.S.
- military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions in World War I. Born on March 3, 1888, in Windermere, England, Latham immigrated to the United States and joined the Army from Rutherford, New Jersey.
- By September 29, 1918, he was serving as a sergeant in Machine Gun Company, 107th Infantry Regiment, 27th Division.
- On that day, near Le Catelet in northeastern France, he and two other soldiers, Sergeant Alan L.
- Eggers and Corporal Thomas E.
- O'Shea, left cover to rescue the crew of a disabled American tank.
- O'Shea was killed in the process, but Latham and Eggers successfully defended the wounded tank crewmen from German fire all day and carried them to the safety of the Allied lines after nightfall.
- For this action, all three soldiers were awarded the Medal of Honor the next year.
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