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Norris
W.
Gillette
May 19, 1890

–

October 10, 1984

Cemetery:

Woodlawn Cemetery

Awards Received

  • Silver Star

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    First Lieutenant (Medical Corps)

    Batallion:

    112th Sanitary Train

    Division:

    37th Division, American Expeditionary Forces

    Action Date:

    September 26, 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), First Lieutenant (Medical Corps) Norris W. Gillette, United States Army, is cited 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. First Lieutenant Gillette distinguished himself by gallantry in action while serving with 148th Ambulance Company, 112th Sanitary Train, 37th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, in action northeast of Avacourt, France, 26 September 1918, in assuming command of and reorganizing his battalion.

  • Distinguished Service Cross

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    First Lieutenant (Medical Corps)

    Batallion:

    112th Sanitary Train

    Division:

    37th Division, American Expeditionary Forces

    Action Date:

    September 26, 1918
    War Department, General Orders No. 56 (1922)

    The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross to First Lieutenant (Medical Corps) Norris W. Gillette, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 148th Ambulance Company, 112th Sanitary Train, 37th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Montfaucon, France, 26 September 1918. While in command of a medical detachment working forward through the woods on the right flank of the 73d Brigade sector, Lieutenant Gillette encountered a large number of men in confusion who were without officers and under fire from enemy snipers located both at the edge of the woods and at a strong point on a knoll beyond it. By his remarkable courage and tact, and through the power of his inspiring heroic example, the scattered troops were reorganized into squad and platoon groups and took up a position from which they as part of a battalion later moved forward and drove the enemy from the woods and overcame the enemy’s strong point.