By direction of the President, under the provisions of the act of Congress approved July 9, 1918 (Bul. No. 43, W.D., 1918), Private Harry Wedgewood (ASN: 1038326), 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 B, 10th Field Artillery Regiment, 3d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, Private Wedgewood served with his battery courageously and efficiently during the entire operations on the Marne, at St. Mihiel and the Argonne. During the Marne engagement on 15 July 1918, he voluntarily carried ammunition by hand from a dump more than a mile distant over a road that was so heavily shelled that it was impossible for vehicles.