By direction of the President, under the provisions of the act of Congress approved July 9, 1918 (Bul. No. 43, W.D., 1918), Sergeant Stephan C. Sullivan (ASN: 158313) and Sergeant First Class Harry L. Patterson, United States Army, are 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 them. While serving with Company C, 6th Engineer Regiment, 3d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, these men took charge of an infantry working party in the vicinity of Crezancy, France, on the morning of 15 July 1918, after their commander had been killed, and under heavy fire conducted them to a good position without a single casualty.