(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Major General John Charles Fremont Tillson, III (ASN: 0-21196), United States Army, was awarded a Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster in lieu of a Second Award of the Army Distinguished Service Medal for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished service in a position of great responsibility to the Government of the United States as Commanding General, Fort Gordon, from 1968 to 1971.

The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Army Distinguished Service Medal to Major General John Charles Fremont Tillson, III (ASN: 0-21196), United States Army, for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services to the Government of the United States, in a duty of great responsibility as Commanding General, 25th Infantry Division, and as J-3, Military Assistance Command, Vietnam, during the period from March 1966 to August 1967. [This award supersedes award of the Legion of Merit for meritorious service from March 1966 to July 1967 as announced in General Orders Number 3783, Headquarters, U.S. Army Vietnam, APO San Francisco, dated 25 July 1967.]