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) Walter G. Dunnington, Jr., 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 with the 10th Field Artillery Regiment, 3d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, on the night of 14 – 15 July 1918, near St. Eugene, France, Lieutenant Dunnington was directing the fire of one platoon of Battery B. He was both wounded and gassed and under a most intense shell fire by the enemy, but refused to be relieved. Despite the fact that the area around his battery was heavily gassed, this officer removed his mask in order that his commands could be clearly distinguished, the noise from adjacent batteries creating such a din as to make it impossible for his commands to be hear under any other circumstances. [A Distinguished Service Cross was awarded for this action.]