By direction of the President, under the provisions of the act of Congress approved July 9, 1918 (Bul. No. 43, W.D., 1918), Lieutenant, Junior Grade (MC) William Tignor Gill, Jr., United States Navy, is cited by the Commanding General, SECOND DIVISION A.E.F., for gallantry in action and a silver star may be placed upon the ribbon of the Victory Medals awarded him. Lieutenant, Junior Grade Gill distinguished himself by gallantry in action while serving as a Medical Officer attached to the Sixth Regiment (Marines), 2d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, in action near Vierzy, France, on 19 July 1918. Lieutenant, Junior Grade, Gill established a first-aid dressing station behind the front lines and for fifteen hours dressed the wounded and evacuated them to the rear under intense front and flank fire without protection. His fearlessness under these conditions undoubtedly saved the lives of the wounded who otherwise would have been lost to the service had not Surgeon Gill disregarded precedent and his personal danger by choosing an exposed position in order to give immediate care to the wounded and insure their prompt evacuation.