b. 23/05/1889 Caledonia, Michigan. d. 15/10/1972 San Francisco, California.
DATE OF MOH ACTION: 26/09/1918 near Epinonville, France.
Lloyd M Seibert MOH
Seibert first enlisted in the California National Guard’s 7th Infantry in January 1906. After WWI, he continued to serve on active duty in the U.S. Army. He received his Medal of Honor on January 27, 1919 from General John J. Pershing at De Vair, France. On 26 August 1937, Master Sergeant Seibert was appointed to the rank of Warrant Officer while assigned to the 1st Cavalry (Mechanized) at Fort Knox, Kentucky. He would later rise to the rank of Chief Warrant Officer – the rank he held upon retirement from the U.S. Army on 30 June 1944.
MOH CITATION:
Suffering from illness, Sgt. Seibert remained with his platoon and lead his men with the highest courage and leadership under heavy shell and machine-gun fire. With two other soldiers he charged a machine-gun emplacement in advance of their company, he himself killing one of the enemy with a shotgun and capturing two others. In this encounter he was wounded, but he nevertheless continued in action, and when a withdrawal was ordered he returned with the last unit, assisting a wounded comrade. Later in the evening he volunteered and carried in wounded until he fainted from exhaustion.
BURIAL LOCATION: SAN FRANCISCO NATIONAL CEMETERY, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.
SECTION OS, ROW 128, SITE 10.
LOCATION OF MEDAL: BELIEVED TO BE FAMILY.
