Navy Federal Credit Union

Awards Received

  • Distinguished Service Cross

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Private First Class

    Regiment:

    11th Field Artillery (Attached)

    Division:

    6th Division, American Expeditionary Forces

    Action Date:

    November 9 – 10, 1918

    War Department, General Orders No. 46 (1919)

    The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross to Private First Class Samuel F. Gilliland (ASN: 1039408), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Medical Detachment, 11th Field Artillery (Attached), 6th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Laneuville, France, November 9 – 10, 1918. Private First Class Gilliland made repeated trips over a road which was under continuous shell fire, he being the only driver who would risk driving over this road. On one trip his ambulance was struck by a shell, which wounded him, killed one of his patients, and caused fresh wounds to several others, but he continued on duty, evacuating the wounded of his own and other organizations.