Emory Jenison Pike
United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
Born on: December 18, 1876Died on: November 16, 1918
Aged: 41 years 333 days (502 months)
Birth Sign: Sagittarius
Emory Jenison Pike was a United States Army officer during World War I who received the Medal of Honor for his actions at Vandieres, France on September 15, 1918.
A 1901 graduate of West Point, and the only West Point graduate to be awarded the Medal of Honor during World War I, Pike was a lieutenant colonel at Vandieres.
His daughter was presented his Medal of Honor after the war. He was buried at Woodland Cemetery, Des Moines, Iowa.
He was the great-grandnephew of explorer Zebulon Pike.
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