Skip to main content

Naval History and Heritage Command

NH 79437 CDR. John Henry Balch, USN

<p>CDR. John Henry Balch, USN</p>
Download Image:
Low (PNG, 319x319px, 100KB)
Med (JPEG, 1280x1280px, 584KB)
High (TIFF, 4571x5340px, 23MB)
Title: CDR. John Henry Balch, USN
Description: Photographed during WWII. In 1918, he was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for heroism in action at Vierzy, France, on 19 July 1918, while serving as a corpsman with the Sixth Marines. Copied from the book "Medal of Honor, 1861-1949, the Navy".
Catalog #: NH 79437
Related Content
Topic
Document Type
  • Photograph
Wars & Conflicts
Navy Communities
File Formats
  • Image (gif, jpg, tiff)
Location of Archival Materials
Author Name
Place of Event
Recipient Name