By direction of the President, under the provisions of the act of Congress approved July 9, 1918 (Bul. No. 43, W.D., 1918), Private William O. Eckenberger, 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 attached from the 4th Infantry Regiment to Headquarters Detachment, 5th Infantry Brigade, 3d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, Private Eckenberger, Mounted Orderly, delivered messages from Brigade Post of Command to Grande Ballois and La Rocq Ferme under intense shell fire.