By direction of the President, under the provisions of the act of Congress approved July 9, 1918 (Bul. No. 43, W.D., 1918), Sergeant John H. Perkins, 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 Battery F, 10th Field Artillery Regiment, 3d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, Sergeant Perkins distinguished himself at Greves Farm, near Chateau-Thierry, France, 15 July 1918, when he led a detail carrying ammunition under heavyfire from his own battery to another battery a half-kilometer distant. This detail made four trips across a shell field and by their act this battery was enabled to continue its firing.