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Awards Received

  • Silver Star

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Corporal

    Regiment:

    10th Field Artillery 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), Corporal Archie Wilcox (ASN: 1039096) and Corporal Glenn A. Hunter (ASN: 1039073), United States Army, are 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 them. While serving with Battery F, 10th Field Artillery Regiment, 3d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, these men on the morning of 15 July 1918, near Greves Ferme, east of Chateau-Thierry, France, finding that at this time there was little use for machine guns to which they were assigned, jumped in and carried ammunition to the battery through the heaviest possible shell fire and amidst great personal danger.