By direction of the President, under the provisions of the act of Congress approved July 9, 1918 (Bul. No. 43, W.D., 1918), 170051), United States Army, is cited by the Commanding General, 3d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, and a silver star may be placed upon the ribbon of the World War I Victory Medals awarded him. While serving with Battery B, 10th Field Artillery Regiment, 3d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, Sergeant Houston rendered faithful and courageous service as a member of a gun crew during the actions on the Marne and at St. Mihiel. On the morning of 16 July 1918, on the Marne, after one gun crew had been wiped out by a direct hit, he assisted in carrying wounded men to a place of comparative safety; this under a heavy bombardment of gas and high explosive.