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Awards Received

  • Silver Star

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Second Lieutenant (Field Artillery)

    Regiment:

    19th Field Artillery Regiment

    Division:

    5th Division, American Expeditionary Forces

    Action Date:

    September 26, 1918

    GHQ, American Expeditionary Forces, Citation Orders No. 1 (June 3, 1919)

    By direction of the President, under the provisions of the act of Congress approved July 9, 1918 (Bul. No. 43, W.D., 1918), Second Lieutenant (Field Artillery) Archibald D. Coats, United States Army, is cited by the Commanding General, American Expeditionary Forces, for gallantry in action and a silver star may be placed upon the ribbon of the Victory Medals awarded him. Second Lieutenant Coats distinguished himself by gallantry in action while serving with Battery D, 19th Field Artillery, American Expeditionary Forces, in action near Thiaucourt, France, 26 September 1918, in administering first aid to the wounded under heavy shell fire.