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John Henry Balch
Quantico, United States
Company Corpsman, 1st Battallion, 6th Marines, 6th Marine Regiment, Quantico, Virginia<br><br> Petty Officer Balch was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions during the WWI battle near Vierzy, France on 19 July 1918.<br><br> "While under intense machine-gun and high explosive shell fire for over 16 hours Petty Officer Balch at great personal risk, heroically treated wounded and fallen Marines."<br><br> The John Henry Balch Clinic - dedicated 21 July 2005.