By direction of the President, under the provisions of the act of Congress approved July 9, 1918 (Bul. No. 43, W.D., 1918), Captain (Signal Corps), [then First Lieutenant] Robert Dechert, United States Army, is 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 him. While serving as Regimental Signal Officer with the 7th Infantry Regiment, 3d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, at the advance Regimental Post of Command near Le Charmel, France, from 23 to 25 July 1918, during the Second Battle of the Marne, Captain Dechert exhibited the greatest resourcefulness, most untiring energy and total disregard for his personal safety in maintaining communication by wire, while under heavy artillery and machine gun fire. [A Distinguished Service Cross was awarded for this action.]

By direction of the President, under the provisions of the act of Congress approved July 9, 1918 (Bul. No. 43, W.D., 1918), Captain (Signal Corps), [then First Lieutenant] Robert Dechert, United States Army, is 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 him. While serving as Regimental Signal Officer with the 7th Infantry Regiment, 3d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, on 24 July 1918, when the attacking battalion had been held up by machine gun fire, Captain Dechert personally carried wire across an open field, in full view of the enemy, and established a telephone station within two hundred yards of the front line. [A Distinguished Service Cross was awarded for this action.]