By direction of the President, under the provisions of the act of Congress approved July 9, 1918 (Bul. No. 43, W.D., 1918), Captain (Infantry) Cornelius F. Dinean, 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 Commanding Company F, 3d Ammunition Train, 3d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, Captain Dinean volunteered and took command of an Infantry company during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive.