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Navy Federal Credit Union
Frederick
Augustus
Muhlenberg
September 25, 1887

–

January 19, 1980

Cemetery:

Arlington National Cemetery

Frederick Muhlenberg was the great-great grandson of Major General John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg, whose statue is in the Rotunda of the Capital, Washington, D. C. John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg’s brother was Frederick Augustus Conrad Muhlenberg, Speaker of the first and third House of Representatives, and the first signer of the Bill of Rights. He was elected as a Republican to the Eightieth Congress (January 3, 1947-January 3, 1949) and was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1948 to the Eighty-first Congress.

Awards Received

  • Distinguished Service Cross

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Captain (Infantry)

    Regiment:

    314th Infantry Regiment

    Division:

    79th Division, American Expeditionary Forces

    Action Date:

    September 26 – 30, 1918
    War Department, General Orders No. 37 (1919)

    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 Captain (Infantry) Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 314th Infantry Regiment, 79th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Nantillois, France, September 26 – 30, 1918. As regimental adjutant Captain Muhlenberg displayed the utmost disregard for personal danger in assisting his regimental commander in maintaining liaison with the front lines. After being painfully wounded and gassed by a bursting gas shell, this officer refused to be evacuated, but remained on duty, carrying orders to the front line and bringing back valuable information, until he was ordered to the rear.