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Owen Albright graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Class of 1905. He retired as a U.S. Army Colonel.

Awards Received

  • Army Distinguished Service Medal

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Lieutenant Colonel (Signal Corps)

    Division:

    2d Division, American Expeditionary Forces

    Action Date:

    World War I

    War Department, General Orders No. 35 (1920)

    The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Army Distinguished Service Medal to Lieutenant Colonel (Signal Corps) Owen Stedman Albright, United States Army, for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services to the Government of the United States, in a duty of great responsibility during World War I. In command of field signal battalions at the front, as an instructor at Corps schools, and as Divisional Signal Officer of the 2d Division, Lieutenant Colonel Albright rendered services of great value to the American Expeditionary Forces.