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Awards Received

  • Silver Star

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    First Sergeant

    Regiment:

    30th Infantry Regiment

    Division:

    3d Division, American Expeditionary Forces

    Action Date:

    July 15, 1918

    Headquarters, 3d Division, A.E.F., Citation Orders No. 22 (July 8, 1919)

    By direction of the President, under the provisions of the act of Congress approved July 9, 1918 (Bul. No. 43, W.D., 1918), First Sergeant Charles L. Campbell (ASN: 544792), 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 Supply Company, 30th Infantry Regiment, 3d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, on the morning of 15 July 1915, First Sergeant Campbell convoyed a wagon train of rations that were sorely needed, across the Aviation field, and into the Bois d’Aigremont, during a very heavy bombardment by the Germans. In the Meuse-Argonne offensive he made nightly trips, convoying wagon trains to the front line, carrying rations and ammunition over roads that were at all times objects of Germany artillery bombardment.