By direction of the President, under the provisions of the act of Congress approved July 9, 1918 (Bul. No. 43, W.D., 1918), Private Elisha Crumbaugh and Private Charles G. Minner, 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 the 10th Field Artillery Regiment, 3d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, on 10 November 1918, at Brandyville, France, while the battery was engaged with the enemy, Privates Miner and Crumbaugh distinguished themselves by carrying wounded to the first aid station under heavy shellfire and gas.