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Awards Received

  • Soldier’s Medal

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Private

    Regiment:

    11th Field Artillery Brigade

    Action Date:

    July 25, 1936

    War Department, General Orders No. 5 (1937)

    The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 2, 1926, takes pleasure in presenting the Soldier’s Medal to Private William D. Eubank (ASN: 6719335), United States Army, for heroism, not involving actual conflict with an enemy, displayed while serving with Headquarters Battery, 11th Field Artillery Brigade, at Haleiwa Beach, Oahu, Territory of Hawaii, July 25, 1936. Private Eubank, together with three comrades, were endeavoring to install an antenna for a radio. In so doing, the antenna wire came in contact with a portion of an electric wire which was exposed, thereby causing an electric shock to two of his comrades, one of whom died instantly. Seeing the predicament of the other comrade, Private Eubank, with no thought of his own danger, wadded up his sweater for insulation and succeeded in pulling the wire from the stricken man’s body. He then applied artificial respiration and thereby saved his life.