By direction of the President, under the provisions of the act of Congress approved July 9, 1918 (Bul. No. 43, W.D., 1918), First Lieutenant (Infantry) Robert Vincent Hogg, 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 8th Machine Gun Battalion, 3d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, during the bombardment on the morning of 15 July 1918, First Lieutenant Hogg was out inspecting gun positions east of Nesles with his runner. Traveling over always dangerous ground, under terrific artillery fire, the runner was badly wounded. Lieutenant Hogg crawled to his aid, picked him up and carried him toward the dressing station. He had traveled thus for about two hundred yards when he himself was severely wounded by a shell fragment. He crawled back to his Post of Command and sent immediately relief to his runner. He steadfastly refused to leave his command for twelve hours after he had been wounded.