By direction of the President, under the provisions of the act of Congress approved July 9, 1918 (Bul. No. 43, W.D., 1918), Captain (Field Artillery) Joseph Walker, 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 76th Field Artillery Regiment, 3d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, Captain Walker displayed conspicuous conduct in the battle on 15 July 1918, near the bluff of the Marne River, near Blesmes Village, France, in succeeding, through extraordinary heroism, ion delivering under heavy enemy shell fire, the information he had secured at the forward observation post during the German attack, after telephone communication was severed by enemy fire, and after he had been wounded. [A Distinguished Service Cross was awarded for this action.]