Donald M. Call

Donald Marshall Call (November 29, 1892–March 19, 1984) was a United States Army soldier during World War I who received the Medal of Honor.

[1] Prior to the war, he had studied landscape architecture at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and performed as a stage actor.

Following the war, he resumed his acting career and in 1926 he became the resident landscaping architect for Conde Nast Publications and later worked in the Vogue magazine Pattern Department.

In 1936, he obtained employment with the Federal Housing Administration in Washington, D.C. and ten years later opened a landscaping business there, running it until his retirement 1975.

During his service with the French division, Call was awarded a divisional citation for the Croix de Guerre with silver star.

The 344th Battalion was subordinated to the 1st Provisional Brigade, Tank Corps, which then Lieutenant Colonel George S. Patton, Jr. commanded.

The French government once again recognized his bravery by awarding him the Legion of Honor in the degree of Chevalier and an additional Croix de Guerre with palm.

Two days after the Medal of Honor exploit, from which he emerged unscathed, Call was wounded and spent some time in the hospital.

Medal of Honor presentation ceremony on February 9, 1919, at Chaumont, France. General John J. Pershing presided.