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Awards Received

  • Silver Star

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Private

    Regiment:

    26th Infantry Regiment

    Division:

    1st Division, American Expeditionary Forces

    Action Date:

    October 9, 1918

    GHQ, American Expeditionary Forces, Citation Orders No. 2 (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), Private Oliver H. Downs (ASN: 2725662), United States Army, is cited (Posthumously) 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. Private Downs distinguished himself by gallantry in action while serving with Machine Gun Company, 26th Infantry Regiment, 1st Division, American Expeditionary Forces, in action near Verdun, France, 9 October 1918, in helping to beat off a violent assault by an enemy party of fifty.