branch death_date birth_place allegiance unit awards placeofburial_label battles birth_date placeofburial rank article_title name
united states army 15 september 1978 tyrone , new york united states of america company a , 307th infantry , 77th division medal of honor place of burial world war i 22 november 1894 evergreen cemetery sinclairville , new york private archie a. peck
 archie a. peck
archie a. peck

archie a. peck -lrb- november 22 , 1894 -- september 15 , 1978 -rrb- was a soldier in the united states army who received the medal of honor for his actions during world war i .
while serving as a private foot soldier in the us 77th division during the meuse-argonne offensive , his unit ended up with several others behind german lines , in what was later known as `` the lost battalion '' .
this was the bloodiest battle of the war involving us troops .
peck acted gallantly in the surrounding unit , saving two wounded men under machine gun fire .
