| 词条 | William G. Fournier |
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|name=William G. Fournier |birth_date={{Birth date|1913|6|21}} |death_date={{Death date and age|1943|1|13|1913|6|21}} |birth_place=Norwich, Connecticut |death_place= |placeofburial= National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii |placeofburial_label= Place of burial |image= |caption= |nickname= |allegiance=United States of America |branch=United States Army |serviceyears=1940 - 1943 |rank=Sergeant |commands= |unit=35th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division |battles=World War II |awards=Medal of Honor |relations= |laterwork= }} William Grant Fournier [1] (June 21, 1913 – January 13, 1943) was a United States Army soldier and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in World War II. BiographyFournier joined the Army from Winterport, Maine in September 1940,[2] and by January 10, 1943 was serving as a Sergeant in Company M, 35th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division. During a Japanese attack on that day, at Mount Austen, Guadalcanal, in the Solomon Islands, he refused an order to withdraw after many men in his unit had been killed or wounded and, with fellow soldier Technician Fifth Grade Lewis Hall, stayed behind to man a machine gun. Hall was killed at the gun, while Fournier was badly wounded and died three days later. Both men were posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor on June 5, 1943. Fournier, aged 29 at his death, was buried at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu, Hawaii. Medal of Honor citationSergeant Fournier's official Medal of Honor citation reads: For gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty. As leader of a machinegun section charged with the protection of other battalion units, his group was attacked by a superior number of Japanese, his gunner killed, his assistant gunner wounded, and an adjoining guncrew put out of action. Ordered to withdraw from this hazardous position, Sgt. Fournier refused to retire but rushed forward to the idle gun and, with the aid of another soldier who joined him, held up the machinegun by the tripod to increase its field action. They opened fire and inflicted heavy casualties upon the enemy. While so engaged both these gallant soldiers were killed, but their sturdy defensive was a decisive factor in the following success of the attacking battalion. See also{{Portal|Biography|United States Army|World War II}}
References1. ^Hall of Valor 2. ^[https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=893&mtch=2&tf=F&q=william+g+fournier&bc=&rpp=10&pg=1&rid=369542&rlst=369542,8323638 WWII Army Enlistment Records]
|publisher = United States Army Center of Military History |title = Medal of Honor recipients - World War II (A–F) |work = Medal of Honor citations |date = June 8, 2009 |url = http://www.history.army.mil/html/moh/wwII-a-f.html |accessdate = 2008-02-11}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Fournier, William G.}} 8 : 1913 births|1943 deaths|American army personnel killed in World War II|United States Army Medal of Honor recipients|United States Army soldiers|World War II recipients of the Medal of Honor|Military personnel from Norwich, Connecticut|People from Winterport, Maine |
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